When the news first dropped that the Yankees had offered Cody Bellinger $30+ million per season, we theorized that it told us a lot more about their Kyle Tucker evaluation than Bellinger's market. After all, if they were willing to go to such a high AAV to land a player whose numbers often disagree with his metrics, why wouldn't they do the same for the top free agent outfielder on the market?
As it turns out, the Bellinger offer might not have told us all that much about their opinion on Tucker. Instead, the reported Mets offer for Tucker's services told us everything about why the Yankees were happy to go to $30M on one player, but not the other: namely, the reality that $30M wouldn't get them anywhere close to Tucker.