{"id":54697,"date":"2025-05-12T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54697"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:36:00","slug":"dodgers-jumping-into-kyle-tucker-sweepstakes-says-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54697","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Jumping Into Kyle Tucker Sweepstakes, Says Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kyle-tucker-dodgers-e1747001782824.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kyle-tucker-dodgers-e1747001782824.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kyle-tucker-dodgers-e1747001782824.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kyle-tucker-dodgers-e1747001782824.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dodgers Jumping Into Kyle Tucker Sweepstakes, Says Report\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Tucker playing for the Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Few players have made a bigger impact for their team this season than Kyle Tucker has for the Chicago Cubs. The eighth-year pro has been the superstar that Chicago has desperately needed for years. The former Silver Slugger Award winner is slashing .269\/.379\/.531 for a .910 OPS. He has also mashed 10 homers and stolen 10 bases, making him one of only three players to do so this season.<\/p>\n<h2>An impending Free-Agency<\/h2>\n<p>The problem for Chicago lies in Tucker\u2019s contract situation. Despite giving up a haul to acquire him, the former fifth overall pick is set to hit the free-agent market at the conclusion of this season. It stands to reason the Cubs would like Tucker to forego that opportunity, but from his perspective, he wants to test his market. Putting pressure on Chicago, or any other team, could force them to cave into his contract demands.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like one of the Cubs\u2019 biggest competitors in the Kyle Tucker market may be the reigning World Series champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent article, USA Today\u2019s Bob Nightengale reported that the Dodgers will be very interested in bringing in the superstar Right-Fielder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Los Angeles Dodgers plan to jump into the free-agent fray for Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker this winter,\u201d Said Nightengale. \u201c They may not be the high bidder, but they\u2019ll surely keep everyone honest just as they did when they were in the Juan Soto sweepstakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"8ee51dbcba8a1ab47ee87a6a54a75c00\">\n<div>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Kyle Tucker goes deep! \ud83d\udca3<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first home run Clay Holmes has given up this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Los Angeles spends like it\u2019s going out of style<\/h2>\n<p>The Dodgers, who are no strangers to spending money, have one of the most loaded lineups in the majors. But since his move to the infield, Mookie Betts has left a superstar-sized hole in the Dodgers\u2019 outfield. While Teoscar Hernandez is very good, their other starting outfielders do not match the bravado of the top of their lineup.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of Tucker would transform this lineup into one of the best of all time, if it isn\u2019t already there.\u00a0It\u2019s no secret that Tucker is going to get a huge contract. The question for the 28-year-old is from whom, and for how much. The Cubs would be considered the favorites as it currently stands, but that can change if they can\u2019t lock him up in-season. Once Tucker hits the open market, all bets are off. It then becomes a bidding war with every other team in baseball.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs\u2019 ownership group may balk at the astronomical number that Tucker and his agent can get elsewhere, which could result in his departure. Logically, the Cubs should be giving the three-time All-Star a blank check, but they haven\u2019t operated that way under the Ricketts family. For a team as popular as the Cubs, they have lagged behind in the spending department. As an organization, they have yet to hand out a contract worth north of $200 million. The Dodgers, on the other hand, have three such players on their payroll this season alone.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs\u2019 best bet is to offer him a contract he cannot refuse before free agency starts. They will have to reach beyond their financial comfort zone to do so, however. And if they dont, the Dodgers and their mega-payroll will be sitting waiting to pounce.<\/p>\n<p>Michael DeFrancisco Michael DeFrancisco is a writer and contributor covering MLB for Heavy Sports. He started working at Heavy in 2025 and has experince covering Chicago Sports. More about Michael DeFrancisco<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Cubs News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the contract dilemna of Kyle Tucker looming large, could the Cubs have competition from the reigning World Series Champions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":54698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dodgers Jumping Into Kyle Tucker Sweepstakes, Says Report - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54697\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dodgers Jumping Into Kyle Tucker Sweepstakes, Says Report - 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