The New York Mets suffered a collapse of historic proportions last season, one rarely seen in baseball. At one point, they were the best team in MLB before completely falling out of the playoff picture in the final week of the regular season. To ESPN’s Jeff Passan, it was nothing short of a disintegration.

“The New York Mets, losers of six straight, are down 6-0 and facing Jacob deGrom. Since starting 45-24 and owning the best record in MLB, the Mets are 31-47, better than only the Rockies, Twins and Nationals. This isn’t a collapse. It’s a disintegration,” Passan posted.

The Mets had a slow start to the offseason but then made several aggressive moves. They traded for Luis Roberts and Freddy Peralta, two high-profile additions, and also signed Bo Bichette, poaching him away from the Philadelphia Phillies.

“The New York Mets, in a quick pivot after failing to sign Kyle Tucker, have agreed to a three-year, $126 million contract with infielder Bo Bichette, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday,” ESPN’s Jorge Castillo wrote.

Signing Bichette likely means Brett Baty will no longer be the everyday third baseman. ESPN’s David Schoenfield believes the Mets could look to trade Baty to the Boston Red Sox for Wilyer Abreu.

“A Red Sox-Mets deal has felt like a potential fit all offseason — maybe even more so now that Alex Bregman has departed the Fens for Wrigley Field. The Mets’ signings of Bo Bichette and Jorge Polanco leave Baty without an obvious regular position. The Red Sox have four starting outfielders and need a third baseman. Plus, these two are a perfect match in service time and projected value: Both are still pre-arbitration with four years of team control remaining,” Schoenfield wrote.

All offseason, there has been speculation that Baty could be moved, but Bichette’s signing all but confirms it. The Mets are expected to be right in the mix for the NL East this season.

Adding Abreu to the outfield would be significant, especially considering he is a two-time Gold Glove winner. Both teams would address positions of need in a deal that could benefit each side.

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