Mets' $126 million signing worst of seven regrets made this past offseason

The New York Mets have been one of the biggest storylines of the 2026 season, and for all of the wrong reasons. They're 22-29 on the year, and 13.5 games back in the NL East, and seven games back in the Wild Card.

While the Mets still have a chance to right the ship, the team's offseason moves, for the most part, have not panned out, leaving things in dire straits if they don't work out this year.

But, of the seven moves the Mets made over the offseason that warrant some regret, Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller identified one as the biggest regret the team has from the offseason, and it's obviously the $126 million contract for Bo Bichette.

"... the biggest kick in the teeth was giving Bichette a three-year, $126M contract with opt outs both this winter and next - after watching Baltimore sign Pete Alonso away from them for less than 75 percent of Bichette's AAV," Miller writes.

The Mets' top regret being Bichette makes a ton of sense. Even though the other moves the team made warrant some heavy criticism, the Bichette move has a chance to be catastrophic for this team.

Mets Bo Bichette signing was worst of seven biggest regrets this offseason

This past offseason, the Mets went out and made a ton of changes to the roster. Only the addition of Freddy Peralta has been an unquestioned success.

Devin Williams is the next-best move, but he's only begun to turn things around recently, and there's no telling if he'll regress again.

Luke Weaver's signing and Jeff McNeil's trade were also moves the Mets are sure to regret at least a little bit. But the worst moves are fairly obvious.

The Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien trade was a net negative for the team, while the Jorge Polanco signing has been a huge blunder and was a strange move even when it was made.

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Trading for Luis Robert Jr. also hasn't worked out at all for the Mets this season, but the Bichette signing is the worst move by far.

Not only was it made shortly after losing Kyle Tucker to the Los Angeles Dodgers, but it was an overpay to stop him from signing with the Philadelphia Phillies, when it would've been better had he joined the Mets' rival.

On a $126 million contract over just three years, with player options for the second and third years, the Mets took a big risk that Bichette would be a good player in 2026 and opt out for a large contract in the 2026-2027 offseason.

That hasn't happened, as the Mets now might be stuck with a regressing Bichette for the next two seasons, which could be catastrophic for the team's ability to spend the next few years. There's not a move that's a bigger regret than this for the Mets.

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