{"id":516133,"date":"2026-01-12T02:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/516133\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T02:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:42:13","slug":"not-cody-bellinger-ny-mets-reportedly-willing-to-do-whatever-it-takes-to-sign-coveted-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/516133\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Cody Bellinger: NY Mets reportedly willing to do whatever it takes to sign coveted free agent"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Mets<\/a> are not planning to put all of their focus on Cody Bellinger, as a new report indicates the team\u2019s owner has instructed David Stearns to do whatever it takes to bring Kyle Tucker to Queens for next season, a directive that would certainly surprise many around the league.<\/p>\n

The report came from Tyler of The Wardy NYM and was shared on X by The Pope (@RubenGar06): \u201cThe Mets\u2019 pursuit of Kyle Tucker is not only real, BUT Steve Cohen is giving FREE RANGE to David Stearns to do everything in his power to LAND HIM.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are still few concrete details regarding the financial side, but Tucker<\/a>\u2019s current market value is estimated at $40.2 million per year, according to Spotrac. That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the Mets would have to pay that exact figure, but any deal would likely be in that range.<\/p>\n

Should the Mets move on from Bellinger?<\/p>\n

The Mets should not completely rule out Bellinger<\/a>, who is reportedly seeking a deal north of $210 million over seven years. From a financial standpoint, New York may feel more comfortable committing to that figure than approaching the $400 million market valuation tied to Tucker. However, given the owner\u2019s push, it\u2019s possible the Mets believe they could land Tucker at a lower overall cost.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also worth noting what Bob Nightengale reported last week regarding Tucker\u2019s contract expectations. Despite projections placing his value in the $400 million range, Nightengale suggested a shorter-term deal with a higher average annual value could be on the table.<\/p>\n

\"Jose<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

Jose Ramirez turns heads with major admission about his future with the Guardians<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe was projected to earn a contract in the $400 million neighborhood but could have to instead take a higher AAV on a short-term contract and hit the market again after two consecutive injury-plagued second halves,\u201d Nightengale wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets are not planning to put all of their focus on Cody Bellinger, as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,1365,29,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203],"class_list":{"0":"post-516133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cody-bellinger","10":"tag-kyle-tucker","11":"tag-mets","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkmets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115879827765698475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}