#kyle-tucker

#kyle-tucker

The Los Angeles Dodgers continued what has been a wildly successful offseason by reportedly agreeing to terms with Kyle Tucker on a four-year, $240 million contract that includes deferrals and multiple opt-out clauses. The move comes just over a month after the team's surprising signing of Edwin Díaz to a three-year, $69 million contract. Tucker and Díaz were two of the nine players who rejected the qualifying offer from their former teams this offseason,

The big news this week is the Dodgers winning the Kyle Tucker and the Mets grabbing Bo Bichette. It's some big money. Kyle Tucker is getting that partially deferred 60MM AAV and Bo Bichette is getting an player option protected 43MM AAV. I don't begrudge them. They're both at the top of a very high profile profession where the top get the tippy-top cash. It might be getting hard to see anything but the bucks though.

The Dodgers, however, are more likely to explore deals for outfielder Ryan Ward, a career minor leaguer who last season was MVP of the Pacific Coast League at 28; or right-hander Bobby Miller, who has been a disappointment. Both players don't have a clear role on the team as they are blocked by multiple players ahead of them. Miller is no higher than 10h on the starting pitcher depth chart, if not lower, and their bullpen is crowded as well.

"Hernández's name is coming up in trade conversations, according to league sources," the article reads. "The Dodgers view a deal as unlikely, but the idea of it, at least, is not without logic." On top of that, the Dodgers outfield improved mightily after signing Tucker. The outfield was among the biggest needs of improvement for L.A., and now, on paper, that part of the team has vastly improved.

Good morning! Kyle Tucker signed a massive free agent deal with the Dodgers last night. Don't waste your breath arguing that this is bad for baseball. It isn't. There is no evidence whatsoever that the Dodgers are causing fans to lose interest in the sport. In fact, the evidence suggests that they are increasing interest on both the national and international scale.

Here we are in 2026 (barely), and very little has happened since we discussed all the things that the Cubs should probably do in the last podcast. We do know that the Cubs got beat out for Tatsuya Imai because the Astros would give yearly opt-outs, which Jed Hoyer seems to be against for possibly justifiable reasons, and given that no other team bothered to outbid the Astros (or Cubs, for that matter), maybe it's for the best?