{"id":94922,"date":"2025-01-31T14:06:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=94922"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:06:52","slug":"mets-offer-mark-canha-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/01\/31\/mets-offer-mark-canha-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Exploring Reunion with Experienced Outfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets have extended a non-guaranteed contract offer to a familiar face, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/30\/sports\/mets-in-talks-with-padres-about-dylan-cease-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jon Heyman of the New York Post<\/a>. The team is considering bringing back veteran outfielder Mark Canha, who remains a productive bat despite a slow market for position players over 32. A consistent offensive contributor, he has posted an above-average OPS+ for seven straight seasons and could provide valuable depth for several teams.<\/p>\n<h2>Mets Have Shown Interest in Mark Canha<\/h2>\n<p>Canha, 36 in February, batted .242\/.344\/.346 with seven home runs and 42 RBI in 125 games for the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants in 2024. His 99 OPS+ was his lowest since the inconsistent 2017-18 seasons when he underwent hip surgery and logged time in Triple-A. He played for the Mets from 2022 until the middle of the 2023 season, when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/07\/31\/mets-trade-veteran-infielder-brewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">traded<\/a> to the Milwaukee Brewers. Canha hit .259\/.359\/.395 in 229 games while spending the majority of his time in left field. He also played center field, right field, third base and first base for the Mets.<\/p>\n<p>If brought back on a non-guaranteed deal, he would be fighting for a roster spot during spring training. As it stands heading into camp, the Mets bench will likely include backup catcher Luis Torrens, outfielder\/designated hitter Jesse Winker, one of Jose Siri or Tyrone Taylor and outfielder Starling Marte. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/articles\/pete-alonso-mets-pivot-back\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SNY&#8217;s Andy Martino,<\/a> the Mets bench lacks a backup utility infielder, which the Mets are on the hunt for.<\/p>\n<p>Canha may not be viewed as a game-changer, which likely explains the Mets&#8217; non-guaranteed offer. However, his strong numbers against left-handed pitching (.275\/.380\/.394) compared to right-handers (.229\/.330\/.327), along with his defensive versatility, make him a valuable depth piece.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond a potential Canha reunion, Heyman reports that the Mets are pursuing right-hander Dylan Cease. They&#8217;re also exploring the possibility of adding his rotation mate, Michael King, as they look to bolster their pitching staff.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets have extended a non-guaranteed contract offer to a familiar face, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The team is considering bringing back veteran outfielder Mark Canha, who remains a productive bat despite a slow market for position players over 32. A consistent offensive contributor, he has posted an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":94924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1071,35],"tags":[1524,139,5131,5134,1081,3111,612,28811],"class_list":["post-94922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mets","category-mlb","category-news","tag-dylan-cease","tag-jesse-winker","tag-jose-siri","tag-luis-torrens","tag-mark-canha","tag-michael-king","tag-starling-marte","tag-tyrone-taylor"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94925,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94922\/revisions\/94925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}