Harrison Bader agrees to deal with Twins after one year with Mets

Harrison Bader’s latest New York homecoming has travel to an end.

The erstwhile Yankees and Mets halfway fielder agreed to presumption with the Minnesota Twins connected a one-year declaration with a communal enactment for 2026, the Daily News confirmed.

Bader, a autochthonal of Bronxville, N.Y., deed .236 with 12 location runs, 51 RBI and 17 stolen bases with the Mets past season. He appeared successful 143 games, and started 108, successful the regular season.

However, Bader mostly came disconnected the seat during the postseason, arsenic the Mets utilized Tyrone Taylor arsenic their superior halfway fielder during their NLCS run.

An eight-year MLB veteran, Bader spent his archetypal five-and-a-half seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom helium won a Gold Glove successful 2021.

The Yankees acquired him up of the 2022 commercialized deadline for left-hander Jordan Montgomery, and Bader rapidly endeared himself to the Bronx faithful with 5 location runs successful 9 games that postseason.

But arsenic the Yankees fell retired of contention successful August of 2023, they placed him connected waivers, and helium was claimed by the Cincinnati Reds.

“It conscionable means truthful overmuch to maine to beryllium a New York City kid playing successful the Bronx for the Yankees,” an affectional Bader said astatine the time.

“Regardless of the situation, nary 1 tin ever instrumentality the information that I enactment that azygous on.”

Bader signed a one-year, $10.5 cardinal declaration with the Mets past offseason.

The Mets bolstered their outfield this winter, signing superstar slugger Juan Soto to play close tract and acquiring speedy halfway fielder Jose Siri successful a commercialized with the Tampa Bay Rays. They besides re-signed Jesse Winker, portion Taylor, Brandon Nimmo and Starling Marte are acceptable to return.

Bader joins a Twins outfield featuring an All-Star halfway fielder successful Byron Buxton, on with Trevor Larnach successful near tract and Matt Wallner successful right.

Manuel Margot remains a escaped cause aft appearing successful each 3 outfield positions successful 129 games, including 70 starts, with the Twins past year.