Bo Go?

[Edgy MD]

Bob Nightengale, who is generally nobody's fool, recently wrote that MLB teams still expect Bo Bichette to opt out of his contract at the end of the season.

It's really little more than a filler story, but again, Nightengale doesn't tend to pull stuff out of his ass.  Bichette, took a VERY big average annual salary in exchange for shorter years than the Phils were offering him.  The headline suggests that this would be "bad news" for the Mets but editors write those, and I imagine not a lot of Met-fan folks are seeing the notion that way on June 14.

I imagine Bichette has a better rest of the year ahead of him than what is behind him.  Still, getting $40 million cut from the payroll by letting a guy with backup-shortstop batting numbers walk has to look like the least of the Mets problems right now.

[Centerfield]

I would guess Bichette opts out. He leaves a $5MM opt out bonus on the table if he doesn’t. He’ll also be a year older, and though still very young, he won’t be able to sign that long term deal for much longer. Plus if he has a second down year, that ship will have sailed. 
 

But the biggest reason I believe he’s gone is that they will be no hitter available this offseason. I think he will greatly benefit from a bad market. 

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

I think the team went into this signing knowing, if not expecting, this to be the case. Him opting out also doesn't prevent the Mets from signing him, maybe for a longer deal but with less money each year.

Or, they can put that $40 million toward Tarik Skubal. 

We don't know what the collective bargaining agreement will lead to, either. He could be taking a pretty big gamble by opting out. 

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

It's a good thing for the Mets if Bichette opts out. I didn't like the contract at the time and I certainly don't like it now.

[metirish]

I really hope he does opt out and likely the moment he signed that was the plan, I feel no connection to him at all 

[Cowtipper]

He feels like a rental, so him opting out doesn't matter one way or the other. He doesn't feel like a Met, just another face.