Aug 12, 2026; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; New York Mets third baseman Bo Bichette (19) celebrates with teammates after a home run against the Atlanta Braves in the ninth inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images
Bo Bichette will be the first person to tell you that he has underachieved this season, and that the struggles that plagued him over his first two months as a member of the New York Mets played a key role in derailing one of Major League Baseball’s most disappointing teams.
Yet, a consolation, of sorts, is brewing just beneath the surface.
While the Mets are playing out the remainder of their schedule in what will be a second straight postseason-less season, Bichette has put together an extended run of form at the plate long enough to suggest that he can hit the ground running in 2027 and be the sort of player who batted .311 with an .840 OPS last season with the Toronto Blue Jays last season. But this run is not long enough to give him the final stat line that would make him opt out of the second year of his Mets deal and go running to free agency.
Bichette’s overall stat line is mediocre upon first glance. Entering Sunday’s series finale in Chicago against the White Sox, his slash line was .268/.314/.398 (.713 OPS, 99 OPS+) with 14 home runs and 66 RBI. But since June 3 (68 games), he’s batting .317 with an .843 OPS, nine home runs and 38 RBI — a full-season pace of 21 round-trippers and 90 RBI that echoes the sort of production that was commonplace during his Toronto days.
Over his last 12 games, he owns a .391/.462/.717 slashline (1.179 OPS) with three home runs and 10 RBI, including big flies in each of the opening two games of New York’s series against the White Sox.
More importantly, he has stayed healthy in a season in which much of the Mets’ core has been sidelined due to injury. Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor, Marcus Semien, Jorge Polanco, Luis Robert Jr., and Mark Vientos have all spent significant time on the shelf.
President of baseball operations David Stearns is going to have his hands full this winter reshaping one of the worst rosters Steve Cohen’s money could buy, but penciling in Bichette at third base for 2027 is one massive aspect of the roster that would not have to be worried about.
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