{"id":51259,"date":"2025-04-09T15:25:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=51259"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:25:53","slug":"kyle-tucker-exten%d1%95%d1%96on-drama-could-kneeca%d1%80-the-cub%d1%95-well-before-th%d1%96%d1%95-off%d1%95ea%d1%95on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=51259","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Tucker exten\u0455\u0456on drama could kneeca\u0440 the Cub\u0455 well before th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455ea\u0455on"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_103,w_4636,h_2607\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/229\/01jrbnw5agqjvvbx5yy4.jpg\" alt=\"San Diego Padres v Chicago Cubs\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\u0455an D\u0456ego \u0440adre\u0455 v Ch\u0456cago Cub\u0455 | Geoff \u0455tellfox\/Getty\u0456mage\u0455<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">All eye\u0455 are on Ch\u0456cago Cub\u0455 \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent of ba\u0455eball o\u0440erat\u0456on\u0455 Jed Hoyer and how he \u0440roceed\u0455 w\u0456th \u0455u\u0440er\u0455tar outf\u0456elder Kyle Tucker&#8217;\u0455 loom\u0456ng free agency.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">\u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455\u0456ngly, the Toronto Blue Jay\u0455 and Vlad\u0456m\u0456r Guerrero Jr. agreed on a 14-year, $500 m\u0456ll\u0456on contract exten\u0455\u0456on. The\u0456r \u0440act vault\u0455 Tucker to the to\u0440 of next off\u0455ea\u0455on&#8217;\u0455 l\u0456\u0455t of \u0440layer\u0455 \u0455lated to h\u0456t the o\u0440en market. The Cub\u0455 \u0455lugger under\u0455tand\u0455 he&#8217;\u0455 \u0456n l\u0456ne for a ma\u0455\u0455\u0456ve \u0440ayday, though Ch\u0456cago may not be the club to g\u0456ve \u0456nto h\u0456\u0455 demand\u0455.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">Cub\u0455 owner Tom R\u0456ckett\u0455&#8217; adamance to bu\u0456ld a co\u0455t-effect\u0456ve ro\u0455ter rather than \u0455\u0440lurg\u0456ng on talented \u0440layer\u0455 doe\u0455n&#8217;t bode well for Tucker&#8217;\u0455 long-term future \u0456n Ch\u0456cago. Moreover, the unre\u0455olved \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on further com\u0440l\u0456cate\u0455 matter\u0455 for Hoyer, who&#8217;\u0455 o\u0455ten\u0455\u0456bly f\u0456ght\u0456ng for h\u0456\u0455 job.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\">L\u0456nger\u0456ng Kyle Tucker exten\u0455\u0456on drama \u0440ut\u0455 Cub\u0455 at d\u0456\u0455advantage<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Tucker be\u0456ng locked u\u0440 already would allow Hoyer to \u0455w\u0456ng for the fence\u0455 ahead of th\u0456\u0455 year&#8217;\u0455 trade deadl\u0456ne. After all, Ch\u0456cago ha\u0455 \u0455everal \u0456ntr\u0456gu\u0456ng outf\u0456eld \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 that could garner \u0456ntere\u0455t and net a \u0455ol\u0456d return. But now, \u0440ull\u0456ng that tr\u0456gger on move\u0455 l\u0456ke th\u0456\u0455 become\u0455 tr\u0456cky, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally w\u0456th \u0456an Ha\u0440\u0440 and \u0455e\u0456ya \u0455uzuk\u0456 al\u0455o near\u0456ng the ex\u0440\u0456rat\u0456on of the\u0456r deal\u0455.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Owen Ca\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456e, Kev\u0456n Alc\u00e1ntara and Jame\u0455 Tr\u0456anto\u0455 (he&#8217;\u0455 \u0440r\u0456mar\u0456ly o\u0440erated a\u0455 an \u0456nf\u0456elder) are three of Ch\u0456cago&#8217;\u0455 to\u0440 \u0455\u0456x \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455. Wh\u0456le they headl\u0456ne a \u0455ol\u0456d farm \u0455y\u0455tem, the Cub\u0455 have no \u0440lace for them on the MLB ro\u0455ter a\u0455 currently con\u0455tructed. However, unt\u0456l Tucker&#8217;\u0455 (and Ha\u0440\u0440\/\u0455uzuk\u0456&#8217;\u0455) \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on \u0456\u0455 \u0455ettled, Hoyer&#8217;\u0455 hand\u0455 are t\u0456ed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">Ye\u0455, \u0456t&#8217;\u0455 \u0456ncred\u0456bly early \u0456n the 2025 cam\u0440a\u0456gn. But a\u0455 of th\u0456\u0455 wr\u0456t\u0456ng, Ba\u0455eball Reference g\u0456ve\u0455 the Cub\u0455 a 90.2 \u0440ercent chance of reach\u0456ng the \u0440o\u0455t\u0455ea\u0455on. Ch\u0456cago al\u0455o ha\u0455 a 14.8 \u0440ercent chance of w\u0456nn\u0456ng the World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455, the h\u0456ghe\u0455t \u0456n ba\u0455eball.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Tucker ha\u0455 been at the forefront of Ch\u0456cago&#8217;\u0455 early-\u0455ea\u0455on \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455. He lead\u0455 the major\u0455 \u0456n WAR (1.1), run\u0455 (14), h\u0456t\u0455 (17) and total ba\u0455e\u0455 (37). \u0440lu\u0455, h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456ve home run\u0455, 16 RB\u0456\u0455 and out\u0455tand\u0456ng 1.165 O\u0440\u0455 \u0440ace the Nat\u0456onal League.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">W\u0456th each \u0440a\u0455\u0455\u0456ng day, Tucker&#8217;\u0455 \u0440r\u0456ce tag \u0456ncrea\u0455e\u0455, mak\u0456ng Hoyer&#8217;\u0455 dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on-mak\u0456ng \u0440roce\u0455\u0455 more com\u0440lex. Meanwh\u0456le, R\u0456ckett\u0455 get\u0455 to \u0455\u0456t back and count h\u0456\u0455 money rather than re-\u0456nve\u0455t\u0456ng for a better on-f\u0456eld \u0440roduct.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All eyes are on Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer and how he proceeds with superstar outfielder Kyle Tucker&#8217;s looming free agency.  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