Overview
- Recent coverage converges on the view that Bo Bichette is difficult to trade because any buyer would assume two $42 million player options in 2027 and 2028.
- While USA Today’s Bob Nightengale floated the idea of shopping him, analyses in The Sporting News, FanSided and Yahoo Sports now frame a deal as unrealistic at this stage.
- Bichette is hitting .222 with a .559 OPS and two home runs in the early going, undercutting the case that a team would pay for his bat right now.
- Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told the New York Post he is not worried about Bichette’s start and expects the shortstop-turned-third baseman to find his swing.
- The Mets sit at 15-25 and last in the NL East, and if Bichette eventually leaves in free agency, the club would not receive a draft pick because no qualifying offer would apply.