{"id":88278,"date":"2025-09-04T23:36:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=88278"},"modified":"2025-09-04T23:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:36:05","slug":"mlb-writer-floats-cubs-kyle-tucker-joining-crosstown-rival-white-sox-after-latest-development-sporting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=88278","title":{"rendered":"MLB writer floats Cubs\u2019 Kyle Tucker joining crosstown rival White Sox after latest development | Sporting News"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>Chicago Cubs star Kyle Tucker is guaranteed to have several suitors when he hits free agency this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Most of them are large-market teams like the Philadelphia Phillies or the San Francisco Giants in search of another All-Star caliber player. But one MLB writer suggests there\u2019s a dark horse candidate in the running, and they sit just across town.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Chawaga of Newsweek writes about the possibility\u2014though even he admits it\u2019s unlikely\u2014that the Chicago White Sox could snag Tucker thanks to a certain billionaire private equity investor.<\/p>\n<h2>Tucker to the White Sox?<\/h2>\n<p>The White Sox pursuit of Tucker revolves around one man\u2014Justin Ishbia, who\u2019s set to eventually become the long-term owner of the team. But first, he\u2019ll contribute \u201ccapital infusions\u201d as a limited partner for this year and next.<\/p>\n<p>What does all that mean? Here\u2019s how Chawaga puts it:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, the White Sox could suddenly be willing to spend as much as $450 million on a blockbuster contract signing, though stealing Tucker from the Cubs is still probably a long shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As MLB Trade Rumors notes, that\u2019s more than six times the current value of Andrew Benintendi\u2019s $75 million contract, which is the largest on the team.<\/p>\n<p>However, maybe Ishbia is willing to spend to revive a team that is once again at the bottom of the American League at 52-88. The White Sox haven\u2019t made the playoffs since winning the AL Central in 2021, and it\u2019s been two decades since they won the 2005 World Series.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs, meanwhile, are primed to end a four-year postseason drought with Tucker leading the charge. He\u2019s slashing .270\/.381\/.472 with 22 home runs and 73 RBI over 133 games this season and has already won a World Series title with the Houston Astros in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s someone the Cubs won\u2019t want to lose\u2014especially to their crosstown rivals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could the White Sox snag Tucker from Wrigley?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":88279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88278","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>MLB writer floats Cubs\u2019 Kyle Tucker joining crosstown rival White Sox after latest development | Sporting News - 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=88278\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MLB writer floats Cubs\u2019 Kyle Tucker joining crosstown rival White Sox after latest development | Sporting News - 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