Source: Cespedes, Mets agree to 4-year deal

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Yoenis Cespedes is staying in New York, a source tells MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi on Tuesday.

FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal first reported that the Mets reached a deal with the free-agent outfielder, pending a physical. Terms of the contract, which is the biggest deal in Mets history, are for four years and $110 million, along with a full no-trade clause. The club has not confirmed.

Cespedes will get $22.5 million in 2017, $29 million in ’18, $29 million in ’19 and $29.5 million in ’20, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network.

The average annual value of the contract is $27.5 million, which is the most for an outfielder and is tied with Alex Rodriguez’s deal with …

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