Kyle Tucker entered the offseason as probably the most coveted free agent in professional baseball.
Quick ahead to in the present day, and the previous Chicago Cubs star nonetheless hasn’t put pen to paper. That is not due to a scarcity of curiosity, nevertheless. If something, his most aggressive suitors will now have to interact within the greatest bidding conflict of the offseason. Nonetheless, it is not simply concerning the cash but additionally concerning the probability to compete on the highest stage.
That is why, because the New York Publish’s Jon Heyman reported, the New York Mets may need a tricky time signing him. Whereas they’ll make him an enormous supply, he is additionally being coveted by the 2 greatest groups in baseball.
Mets, Dodgers and Blue Jays lead the race for Kyle Tucker
“The Mets are seen as considered one of three prime contenders for Kyle Tucker and might be ‘opportunistic,’ if they’ll match up,” Heyman wrote. “What may make issues robust: The opposite two prime contenders, as SNY’s Jim Duquette mentioned, are the engaging World Sequence combatants, the Jays and Dodgers.”
Tucker is coming off a down yr by his requirements due to accidents. He nonetheless hit .266 with 22 residence runs and 25 stolen bases. Nonetheless, he is a confirmed commodity, and with the most popular groups in baseball going to conflict for him, whoever will get him must pay up.
The Mets, who let Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz go, would reportedly give him a short-term take care of a excessive AAV. That being mentioned, they might not have sufficient leverage on this scenario, and it would go all the way down to who’s keen to put in writing the larger examine.
