The Dodgers won. Of course they did.
After Mets owner Steve Cohen offered to make outfielder Kyle Tucker the second-highest-paid player in baseball by average annual value, the back-to-back champs flexed their muscle once again and swooped in to secure the top free agent on the market, adding to what will be the largest payroll in the history of the sport Thursday night with the reported signing of the four-time All-Star to a jaw-dropping four-year, $240 million contract.
The Mets offered Tucker a four-year deal worth $220 million, noti.group’s Jon Heyman reported. That proposal was worth $60 million for each of the first two seasons and $50 million for the final two with no deferrals.
Tucker’s deal with the Dodgers reportedly has opt-out clauses after his second and third seasons, and contains $30 million in deferrals.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
