Mets signing ex-Yankee Harrison Bader to $10.5 million contract

Harrison Bader is coming back to New York, just not the Yankees.

The Mets and Bader agreed to a one-year, $10.5 million contract on Thursday, The Post’s Joel Sherman reported.

Mets signing ex-Yankee Harrison Bader to $10.5 million contract

Bader, the 29-year-old Bronxville native, offers premium defense in center field, but is coming off a rough season offensively that led the Yankees to put him on waivers in late August, when he landed with the Reds to finish the year.

Bader also struggled to stay healthy during his tenure in The Bronx.

Bader spent the first five-plus seasons with the Cardinals before the Yankees acquired the center fielder at the 2022 trade deadline for Jordan Montgomery.

Adding Baber could allow the Mets to move Bradon Nimmo to a corner. He started 126 games in centel field last season and nine in the left field.

The 2021 Gold Glove award winner hit 237 with seven home runs, 46 RBIs and a .627 OPS across 98 regular-season games with the Yankees in 2022 and ’23.

The one-year, $10.5 million deal is the same pact that the Blue Jays gave AL Gold Glove winner Kevin Kiermaier last week.

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