The Mets’ Black Friday haul includes a right-handed bat to help fill an outfield need.
Mark Canha reached agreement with the Mets on a two-year deal worth $26.5 million on Friday, pending a physical, an industry source confirmed. The contract also includes a club option for 2024. Canha, 32, spent the last seven years with the Athletics, for whom he played all three outfield positions and first base.
Canha’s deal came on the same day the Mets reached agreement on a two-year deal with Eduardo Escobar worth $20 million.
Last season Canha posted a .231/.358/.387 slash line with 17 homers and 61 RBIs in 141 games. He will join an outfield mix that includes Brandon Nimmo, Dominic Smith, Khalil Lee and Nick Plummer (a former Cardinals prospect who signed a one-year major league deal with the Mets earlier in the week). Two pieces of the Mets’ outfield mix from last season, Michael Conforto and Kevin Pillar, became free agents.
Canha’s addition eliminates the possibility of a Pillar reunion, but the Mets still could look to re-sign Conforto, who declined the club’s qualifying offer worth $18.4 million. If Conforto signs elsewhere, the Mets would receive a compensatory draft pick.
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