According to reports, the Mets have agreed to a deal with OF/1B Mark Canha. The deal is for 2 years/$26.5 million.
The Mets and Mark Canha have agreed to a two-year deal with a third-year option for a guaranteed total of $26.5M, per source. The deal is pending physical. @JeffPassan and @Joelsherman1 were on it.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) November 27, 2021
Outfielder Mark Canha and the New York Mets are nearing a deal, league sources tell ESPN. Canha, 32, is a versatile, high-on-base guy who can play all three outfield positions and first base. When finalized as expected, the Mets will have gotten better.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 27, 2021
Here are Canha’s values the past four seasons according to Fangraphs’ dollars metric, which is WAR converted to a dollar scale based on what a player would earn in free agency:
‘18: $16.7M
‘19: $32.2M
‘20: $13.9M (short season)
‘21: $20.7M
Agreement with Mets: 2 yrs/$26.5M
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 27, 2021
In Mark Canha and Eduardo Escobar, the Mets are adding a pair of professional hitters with thump. Both 32 years old, both on relatively risk-free two-year deals, both make them better. And it should free the Mets up to make some bigger deals later this offseason.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) November 27, 2021
Canha posted a 746 OPS last year and hit 17 home runs.
How do you feel about this deal? https://t.co/G7Qdsu38HM pic.twitter.com/EdVgm5hLs8
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) November 27, 2021
It seems that newest Met Mark Canha needs no introduction to Taijuan Walker pic.twitter.com/CbGFfHsshv
— MetsFanMania (@MetsFanMania) November 27, 2021
The Mets and Mark Canha have agreed to a two-year deal with a third-year option for a guaranteed total of $26.5M, per source. The deal is pending physical. @JeffPassan and @Joelsherman1 were on it.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) November 27, 2021Outfielder Mark Canha and the New York Mets are nearing a deal, league sources tell ESPN. Canha, 32, is a versatile, high-on-base guy who can play all three outfield positions and first base. When finalized as expected, the Mets will have gotten better.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 27, 2021Here are Canha’s values the past four seasons according to Fangraphs’ dollars metric, which is WAR converted to a dollar scale based on what a player would earn in free agency:
‘18: $16.7M
‘19: $32.2M
‘20: $13.9M (short season)
‘21: $20.7M
Agreement with Mets: 2 yrs/$26.5M
In Mark Canha and Eduardo Escobar, the Mets are adding a pair of professional hitters with thump. Both 32 years old, both on relatively risk-free two-year deals, both make them better. And it should free the Mets up to make some bigger deals later this offseason.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) November 27, 2021Canha posted a 746 OPS last year and hit 17 home runs.
How do you feel about this deal? https://t.co/G7Qdsu38HM pic.twitter.com/EdVgm5hLs8
It seems that newest Met Mark Canha needs no introduction to Taijuan Walker pic.twitter.com/CbGFfHsshv
— MetsFanMania (@MetsFanMania) November 27, 2021Hitting Stats:
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6 comments:
Didn’t see this coming……..interesting.
Maybe JD Davis and Dom Smith are now expendable via trade(s)? Otherwise we have a stockpile of
similar players?
Or Canha is your starting LF’er and Escobar is your third baseman next year??
Canha is a right handed hitter that gets on base - low batting average but high on base percentage.
What’s not to like with these two deals?
Now with Marte signed, I guess that closes the door on Suzuki. I would have liked to see the tools on display for the Mets, but unless they paid Canha $13MM to be a #4 outfielder, I don’t see Suzuki playing for the Mets. Finish strong by signing both Kershaw and Scherzer!
Canha is a Righty batter that hits RHPs better than LHPs - very interesting.
I don't get it, unless he was signed for depth or for packaging in a later trade.
Canha is a lifetime .244 hitter - his slash line is .244/.344/.431. In the last 2 years he has a .976 fielding percentage in 926 innings playing left field.
By contrast, Jeff McNeil is a lifetime .299 hitter - his line is .299/.364/.824. In the last 2 years he has a .977 fielding percentage in 432 innings playing left field.
Canha will cost the Mets $13.25M next year (assuming an equal split in the 2 yr contract)
McNeil will cost the Mets $2.5M next year.
The grass was not greener in Oakland. Keep McNeil, package Canha, get some starting pitching!!!!!!
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