NL batting champion Jeff McNeil agrees to four-year, $50 million extension with Mets: report
The squirrel has discovered his nut.
Jeff McNeil has agreed to a four-year, $50 million extension with the Mets, based on ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The contract reportedly features a fifth-year workforce choice that would deliver the deal to $63.75 million.
The 30-year-old slashed .326/.382/.454 with 9 homers and 62 RBI en path to his first-career NL batting title. McNeil acquired NL MVP votes as effectively in 2022.
The 2-time All-Star was set to develop into a free agent after 2025, however GM Billy Eppler and firm took a web page out of their rival Atlanta Braves’ play ebook by extending their contact-hitting utility man years earlier than he was set to hit the open market.
The Mets drafted McNeil within the twelfth spherical of the 2013 MLB Draft out of Cal State College. His first full season within the large leagues got here in 2019 the place he was additionally named to the NL All-Star workforce.
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