Jeff McNeil & Mets Agree to Contract Extension
The New York Mets and Jeff McNeil agreed to a four-year, $50 million extension that will keep the veteran second baseman a member of the Mets for the foreseeable future….
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 04: Jeff McNeil #1 of the New York Mets reacts after he hit a solo home run in the first inning against the Washington Nationals during game two of a double header at Citi Field on October 04, 2022 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
The New York Mets and Jeff McNeil agreed to a four-year, $50 million extension that will keep the veteran second baseman a member of the Mets for the foreseeable future.
According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, McNeil and the Mets were scheduled for an arbitration hearing where he was requesting $7.75 million, while the Mets countered with $6.25 million. Soon enough both sides decided to turn the negotiations into extension talks that will keep the NL Batting Champion in Queens past the final two years of arbitration.
McNeil, 31, was not scheduled to hit free agency until before his age 33 season, which was 2025. Now he will be a Met longer than that. He will earn $12.5 million per season.
McNeil is one of the game's best contact hitters, having struck out only 242 times 2,039 career plate appearances. A lifetime .307 hitter, McNeil provided an All-Star slash line in 2022 hitting .326/.382/.454 with 39 doubles, 9 home runs, 62 RBIs and just 61 strikeouts in 589 times at the plate.
The question is now that McNeil's contract extension is complete there is one other Met infielder who is due an extension. Hmmmmm ...
