Key Highlights
- Alex Bregman is a Cub.
- Bo Bichette is a Met. That leaves Bellinger, coming off a great season in the Bronx. MLB. com columnist Mike Lupica wrote Friday about what might come next here."They need Bellinger even more, even though it’s been reported that his agent, Scott Boras, is looking for a seven-year deal and sources say the Yankees aren’t moving off five," Lupica writes.
- "We may be about to find out -- maybe as quickly as the Mets moved on Bichette after Tucker ended up heading to Los Angeles the way Edwin Díaz already had -- if the Yankees’ thinking on all this might change if the Mets do get involved."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMORE: An Air Force Captain will pitch for Team USA at the World Baseball ClassicThe Mets already took Juan Soto from the Yanks last offseason."And there is at least still a chance there could be a version of the kind of overheated bidding war we got when the Mets and Yankees fought over Soto," Lupica writes.
- "Nothing like it had ever happened before with a star free agent like this, not with the Yankees and the Mets."Yankees GM Brian Cashman has emphasized that the Yankees want Bellinger back.
- Will they offer what it takes?"The Yankees have made it clear since the season ended just how much they would like to retain Bellinger’s services -- as a hitter, as a fielder, even as a teammate," Lupica writes.