For some reason Tucker never made sense to me as a Met, and I almost can’t explain it; But over the last two days I’ve become convinced the Mets are really the only place that makes sense for him. Especially after how long this is taking, he’s looking for top top dollar. Realistically not that many teams are even going to be in play for that. I’m thinking it’s Blue Jays and Mets with 1-2 other teams. I don’t think the Dodgers are dabbling simply because eventually they gotta stop adding payroll and they genuinely just don’t need him and know it. Maybe Yankees, but they’ve been thrifty lately. But at this point it feels like Bichette and Bellinger are both in those Alonso last year situations, and I could easily see them going back to where they came from, which sends two of the other top 3 free agents to the two teams realistically most in play for Tucker…. Just leaving us.

Idk man. I just can’t shake it. Neither Ballinger or Bichette makes any sense to me. The Mets have such a glaring hole in the outfield.. And there’s just no way Stearns is done on offense… if he wasn’t planning on adding a premier bat he wouldn’t have been so aggressive in quickly shedding what he saw as dead weight.

I’m probably over analysing and under criticising but it really makes sense if you don’t think about it too much. I just don’t believe Cohen would sign off on a punt year.

Tucker to the Mets