Bo Bichette is expected to opt in and stay with the Mets, according to SNY's Chelsea Janes. Any Blue Jays reunion dream looks even further away.

Janes shared her thinking in a mailbag on Wednesday. She stressed it was “truly just my read,” but she expects him to opt in.

She pointed to the final day of the season in Washington. He “did not look like a player saying his goodbyes,” she wrote.

Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor also spoke like they expected him back. People around the team, Janes added, seem “fairly convinced Bichette will stay.”

He's also spoken glowingly of Andy Green and seems eager to prove he can succeed in New York, she wrote.

But the biggest factor? Money.

Bo Bichette's $42 million salary makes opting out unlikely

If he stays, Bichette makes $42 million in 2027. Opting out comes with a $5 million buyout.

To make leaving worthwhile, he'd need close to $40 million a year on a new deal, and Janes wrote that “he isn't going to get anywhere near the average annual value” elsewhere.

His 2026 didn't help his market. He took a big step back from 2025, and the Mets finished further from the playoffs than the Blue Jays did.

Toronto, meanwhile, hung onto mathematical hope until the final week before falling short.

Opting in is the smart move for him, and it's fine for Toronto, too. The Jays have moved on with Andrés Giménez at short, and chasing a reunion at that price would have been a distraction.

It's like staying in a pricey apartment after a rough first year because the next place would cost more for less. Not perfect, but the math works.

Second-base talk in Toronto now runs through names like Brandon Lowe, Gleyber Torres and Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Bichette's decision should become official soon after the World Series. Once it does, the last thread of a Toronto return will be cut, at least for another year.