It looks like NY Mets free agent history is repeating itself with the Yankees

Don’t attempt to adjust your dials. We’ve seen this one before. There’s no glitch in the matrix. New York Mets free agent history is repeating itself with the New York Yankees.

The latest on Cody Bellinger’s free agency has the Yankees moving on from him with the expectation he’ll sign somewhere else. Sound familiar?

It was right around this same time last year, off by only a few days, when the same thing was said about Pete Alonso and the Mets. Jomboy’s Max Mannis sees it as a tactic by the Yankees to get Bellinger to fold. It worked for the Mets. How will it turn out for the Yankees?

Cody Bellinger’s dragging free agency is playing out the same way it did with Pete Alonso last offseason

Bellinger seems to have more suitors than the Polar Bear did at this point last season. In the latter stage of the Alonso free agency drama, it was the Mets or Toronto Blue Jays. Bellinger seems to have the Yankees, Mets, and Los Angeles Dodgers as the top contenders. We shouldn’t count out other ball clubs either, especially if Bellinger settles for a shorter contract or just less money overall.

A potential breakdown between the Yankees and Bellinger probably won’t have the Mets budging much. They’re an outside observer, gleefully enjoying what has happened. Kyle Tucker remains the focal point on a shorter contract. Bellinger shouldn’t have to take a one or two-year deal. He should have five year offers from multiple teams. The issue is he wants 7!

There isn’t a world that exists where the Mets hand Bellinger a 7-year deal. Not even the Yankees should bend over to sign him for that long. The Mets, who’ve seemed to prefer deals no longer than 3 years this offseason, can easily get outbid if years are the priority. When it comes to AAV, it’s a bit more difficult to predict as even some mystery teams could throw their hats into the ring to make a high one-year deal for Bellinger.

The Mets definitely have something in mind for the remainder of the offseason. If we want to make sense of the way they’ve operated, it almost feels as if Tucker was a priority all along in an instance where his market is limited.

The Yankees will ultimately land some sort of notable offensive player in an offseason that, as exhaustive as Mets fans have experienced, has taken their fanbase for a ride. They’ve been even tamer, hardly changing a thing about the roster. Reuniting with Bellinger could even be viewed as a mistake because when you don’t accomplish the goal of winning a championship, change is sometimes the best way to draw up your future plans. It’s precisely how the Mets have handled their outlook this winter, maybe going a little too far in some regards with the makeover.