Outfielder Kyle Tucker, the top free agent available this offseason, is being offered a short-term contract by the New York Mets that is believed to be worth $50 million per season, sources told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers on Tuesday.

Tucker, who turns 29 on Saturday, continues to make offers after turning down a $22.025 million qualifying offer from the Chicago Cubs after the season. The Toronto Blue Jays have also made a long-term offer to Tucker, one of the league’s best left-handed hitters, sources told ESPN.

His past two seasons were interrupted by injuries including a broken right hand and a torn calf muscle, and he had a poor second half with the Cubs in 2025, but Tucker and Juan Soto are the only hitters with a 1-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a slugging percentage above .500.

Tucker had a great first half of the season with the Cubs, hitting .280 with 17 home runs and making his fourth All-Star team, but despite being the Cubs’ primary DH in the playoffs, he only hit 22 home runs and drove in 73 RBIs in 136 games that season.

After returning from a hand injury, Tucker struggled at the plate, hitting .218 in July and .244 in August.