The Mets are signing veteran infielder Jorge Polanco on a two-year deal, according to multiple Saturday reports.
The Athletic’s Will Sammon first reported the agreement, which is worth $40 million, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Passan added that Polanco is expected to play first base and designated hitter.
Polanco, 32, slashed .265/.326/.495 with 26 home runs and 78 RBI in 138 regular-season games for the Seattle Mariners this past season.
“There’s also somebody like a Jorge Polanco, who I think is a creative choice actually,” Sammon said this week on SNY’s Baseball Night in New York. “Everybody thinks of that guy as a third baseman, maybe a second baseman in this market. I think he could play some first base, too. And that’s not really the name that jumps to people’s minds, but he’s a pretty good offensive player and I feel like his defense is a little bit underrated. I know he’s taken some groundballs at first base. It’s just a possibility.”
He rebounded from his 2024 campaign with Seattle in which he slashed .213/.296/.355 while adding 16 home runs and 45 RBI across 118 games.
Polanco spent the first 10 years of his career with the Minnesota Twins. He slashed .269/.334/.446 with 112 home runs and 447 RBI in 832 regular-season games.
The Twins originally signed Polanco, who is from the Dominican Republic, as an international free agent in 2009.
He made his MLB debut June 26, 2014.
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