{"id":56910,"date":"2025-05-23T00:36:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T00:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56910"},"modified":"2025-05-23T00:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T00:36:31","slug":"yankees-named-top-landing-spot-for-mvp-candidate-headed-for-600-million-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56910","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Named Top Landing Spot for MVP Candidate Headed for $600 Million Deal"},"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=\"Yankees Named Top Landing Spot for MVP Candidate Headed for $600 Million Deal\" 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>The New York Yankees may have lost out on Juan Soto to their crosstown rival last offseason, but one insider believes they will get another chance to land a nine-figure superstar.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2019s Jim Bowden broke down likely destination for the MLB\u2019s 2026 class of free agents, naming the Yankees as one of the top contenders to land Chicago Cubs star Kyle Tucker. Bowden predicted it would not come cheap, with the MVP candidate expected to land a contract in the neighborhood of Soto\u2019s $765 million deal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Kyle Tucker Peaking at the Right Time<\/h2>\n<p>Bowden noted that Tucker is turning in a career-best season at the right time, just before heading to free agency and the opportunity to land one of the biggest MLB contracts in history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTucker has led the Cubs to a first-place start in the NL Central and is considered a top-five MVP candidate in the league,\u201d Bowden wrote. \u201cHe is again on pace to hit close to 30 homers and steal close to 30 bases. The three-time All-Star, one-time Gold Glove winner and one-time Silver Slugger looks like he\u2019ll have an opportunity to hit that trifecta in his free-agent walk year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowden noted that several big-market teams are likely to enter the mix for Tucker, including the Cubs as they aim to keep the superstar they acquired from the Houston Astros. But it will likely cost somewhere in the range of $600 million or more, Bowden predicted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing Juan Soto\u2019s record-setting $765 million deal in free agency and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.\u2019s $500 million extension, Tucker is expected to land a nine-figure contract that starts with a 6,\u201d Bowden wrote. \u201cSeveral big-market teams, including the Cubs, Phillies, Yankees and Dodgers, should be in play for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Yankees in the Mix for Other Top Players<\/h2>\n<p>Bowden predicted that the Yankees would be very active in free agency next winter, linking them to a number of other top players including Alex Bregman and Bo Bichette.<\/p>\n<p>Bowden noted that Bichette would need to make a position change to land in the Bronx, but could be in line for a nine-figure deal of his own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBichette might have to be willing to move to third base for certain interested teams like the Tigers, Yankees or Dodgers, but he should have a strong market if he plays at his accustomed level this season,\u201d Bowden wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The door could be closed on some other rumored targets. Reporter Jon Heyman noted this week that the Pittsburgh Pirates have no plans to make star pitcher Paul Skenes available for a trade. Many insiders had pegged the Yankees as a top contender to land Skenes, but the Pirates are in no hurry to ship off a player still under team control and will instead try to build around him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPirates source: Paul Skenes is not getting traded. \u2018No chance, no way, no how,\u2019 is the way I heard it,\u201d Heyman shared in a\u00a0post on X. \u201cWhile there\u2019s a bit of logic to such a scenario, superstars just aren\u2019t traded by anyone with 1 year service time and the Pirates remain determined to build around Skenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Dougherty is a sports reporter covering the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins. Previously he wrote for the Rochester Business Journal and served as the assistant editor of athletic trade magazines Coaching Management, Athletic Management and Training &amp; Conditioning. He is based out of Rochester, New York, and loves everything football. More about Nathan Dougherty<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Yankees News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees have been named a top contender to land MVP candidate Kyle Tucker in free agency next winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56910","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>Yankees Named Top Landing Spot for MVP Candidate Headed for $600 Million Deal - 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=56910\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees Named Top Landing Spot for MVP Candidate Headed for $600 Million Deal - 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