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The MLB draft is in July, but the talk all season for the Chicago Cubs will be whether they can keep Kyle Tucker.<\/p>\n

The slugger, who the Cubs acquired in a trade with the Houston Astros, cost Chicago three players, including last year\u2019s first-round pick, Cam Smith, who is now in the Majors.<\/p>\n

Tucker is proving to be worth the price. He\u2019s put together MVP-level numbers the first six weeks of the season and he\u2019s one of many reasons the Cubs are among the top scoring teams in baseball.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s also a free agent after this season and it\u2019s possible Tucker could be lured away with a high-priced contract.<\/p>\n

If so, Chicago will need a new right fielder. Counting on a new draft pick isn\u2019t always the way to go. But, in a recent Baseball America mock draft, the publication has the Cubs taking Arizona outfielder Brendan Summerhill.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been out for part of this season with a fractured right hand. He is having the best offensive season of his three years in college. He\u2019s slashed .411\/.514\/.679 with three home runs and 31 RBI. He plays center field and hasn\u2019t been charged with an error this season.<\/p>\n

The power profile might not be right to replace a player like Tucker. But, the writer of the mock draft, Carlos Collazo, writes that\u2019s he\u2019s talked about in scouting circles as one of the \u201c\u2026 more impressive pure hitters in the college class.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where he lines up in a system with several great outfield talents, including Owen Caissie and Kevin Alcantara, is unclear. But a player with Summerhill\u2019s pure hitting skills may be too much for Chicago to ignore.<\/p>\n

The Cubs selected Florida State third baseman Cam Smith in the first round of last year\u2019s draft. He had an incredible short season in the Cubs\u2019 system and was then traded to the Houston Astros as part of the dela to bring slugger Kyle Tucker to the north side.<\/p>\n

Chicago\u2019s 2023 first-round pick was Maryland shortstop Matt Shaw, who has been converted to a third baseman and was on the Cubs\u2019 opening-day roster. He\u2019s with Triple-A Iowa but should make a move back to the Majors sometime this season.<\/p>\n

The Cubs\u2019 2022 first-round pick, pitcher Cade Horton from Oklahoma, made his MLB debut last weekend and won his first game. He had an exceptional start to this season at Iowa.<\/p>\n

Chicago\u2019s first-round pick in 2021 was Kansas State pitcher Jordan Wicks, who made his MLB debut in 2023 and has served as a spot starter and long reliver at the MLB level.<\/p>\n

In 2020 the Cubs selected shortstop Ed Howard out of Mount Carmel High School in Chicago. He is still in the Cubs\u2019 system at Double-A Tennessee.<\/p>\n

The 2025 MLB draft will be held Sunday and Monday, July 13-14, during All-Star Weekend in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

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