Dodgers Force Mets To Pick Up Battle-Damaged Bo Bichette

In the chess game that is the MLB Hot Stove season, my shock and glee at the Dodgers picking up top free agent Kyle Tucker for an otherworldly three-year, $240M deal ($57M/year with deferrals) was only amplified by the subsequent move of the Mets to gobble up Bo Bichette for a similar three-year, $126M deal.

Sure, the deal for Tucker (4.6 WAR in 2025, even with injuries) is more expensive. But Bichette (3.5 WAR in 2025, also with injuries) is also pricey. A revenge f___, if you will, by Steve Cohen?

In any event, it will be interesting to watch Bichette and Juan Soto play rock paper scissors before each game in 2027 to see who gets to play DH, and where the Mets want to place the defensive…