{"id":521488,"date":"2026-01-15T10:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/521488\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:44:21","slug":"mets-rumors-fourth-year-added-to-tucker-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/521488\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets rumors: Fourth year added to Tucker offer"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to SNY analyst\/former Mets General Manager Jim Duquette, the Mets have \u2018likely\u2019 added a fourth year<\/a> to their offer to free agent outfielder Kyle Tucker. Additionally, Duquette believes there would be an opt-out – or possibly multiple opt-outs – as well. Duquette also notes that Mets owner Steve Cohen is involved in the negotiations, which would signal just how seriously the team is taking this pursuit. This adds to yesterday\u2019s reporting<\/a> that the Mets have an offer of approximately $50 million per year for a three-year contract.<\/p>\n

Tucker appears to be the Mets\u2019 primary target at this point in the offseason and, with many other big names already off the board, one of the few premiere free agents still available, and the one that appears to be the best fit for the club for a few reasons. The Dodgers and Blue Jays are the other clubs reportedly most seriously engaged with Tucker, with Toronto\u2019s offer thought to be the longest term deal.<\/p>\n

Tucker, entering his age 29 season, is a career .272\/.358\/.507 hitter wit 147 home runs and 119 stolen bases over his eight big league seasons. Since Tucker\u2019s first full season in the majors, he\u2019s never hit fewer than 22 home runs a season nor has had his OPS+ dip below 147. He\u2019s played mostly right field over the past few seasons, but wold likely wind up in left if signed by the Mets.<\/p>\n

There seems to be a sense among insiders that Tucker is nearing a decision, possibly later this week. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to SNY analyst\/former Mets General Manager Jim Duquette, the Mets have \u2018likely\u2019 added a fourth year to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,33529,4,1690,61,2548,4203],"class_list":["post-521488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-mets","tag-baseball","tag-mets","tag-mets-rumors","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-mets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkmets"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115898709675813032","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521488","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=521488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}