The Mets have agreed to terms with free-agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes on a three-year contract, Jon Heyman reports. The deal, pending a physical, includes an opt-out after year one, per Heyman. Fox's Ken Rosenthal adds that the contract is worth a total of $75 million. For 2016, Cespedes will reportedly make $27.5 million. The opt-out, of course, would allow him to re-enter the free agent market next offseason, when the crop of available free agents will be much thinner.
Cespedes, 30, is coming off a 2015 campaign in which he batted .291/.328/.542 with 35 homers for the Tigers and Mets. He also won his first career Gold Glove this past season. For his career, Cespedes has put up a 122 OPS+ at the plate across parts of four major-league seasons while averaging 30 homers and 35 doubles per 162 games played. Cespedes was originally signed by the Athletics in 2012 as a high-profile free agent out of Cuba.
The Mets of course acquired Cespedes from Detroit last season prior to the non-waiver trade deadline. Down the stretch he batted .287/.337/.604 with 17 home runs in 57 games. Cespedes wasn't productive during the Mets' postseason run to the World Series, but he did hit two home runs in the playoffs.