The Mets have already been active this offseason, signing Devin Williams and trading Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien.

Kyle Tucker, the offseason's No. 1 free agent, visited the Blue Jays' spring training complex in Dunedin, Fla., on Wednesday, reports FanSided. The visit indicates sincere mutual interest, though, as Sportsnet notes,

Los Angeles poured it on to defeat the Mets in Game 6, getting to the World Series for the first time since 2020.

With multiple vacancies in their outfield, the high-spending Mets are a possible landing spot for top free agents like Cody Bellinger and Kyle Tucker. Another way to import a proven commodity this winter would be to trade for an outfielder.

Williams is the latest Yankee to defect to the Mets in recent years. In 2024, Luis Severino swapped his midnight blues for Mets orange. The following season, reliever-turned-starter Clay Holmes and slugger Juan Soto did too.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/mets/onsi as Mets' top competition for Edwin Diaz made clear. When the New York Mets signed reliever Devin Williams to a three-year deal earlier this week, one of the first thoughts that fans had was how this signing would impact the Mets' pursuit of longtime closer, Edwin Diaz.