{"id":137016,"date":"2024-12-14T17:48:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T10:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137016"},"modified":"2024-12-14T17:48:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T10:48:28","slug":"astros-trade-of-kyle-tucker-to-cubs-following-hectic-72-hour-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137016","title":{"rendered":"Astros trade OF Kyle Tucker to Cubs following hectic 72-hour window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>By Chandler Rome, Ken Rosenthal, Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DALLAS \u2014 The <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"103\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/astros\/\">Houston Astros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5992938\/2024\/12\/13\/kyle-tucker-astros-cubs-trade-analysis\/\">traded outfielder<\/a> <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"jqZDam8xs6T8T7g6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/kyle-tucker-jqZDam8xs6T8T7g6\/\">Kyle Tucker<\/a> to the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"97\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/cubs\/\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> on Friday afternoon, completing a frenzied 72 hours for two clubs confronting a crossroads.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5993425\/2024\/12\/13\/astros-framber-valdez-trade-possibility\/\">Astros<\/a> will receive a package that includes infielder <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"mMWKInjzTQnAOgKV\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/isaac-paredes-mMWKInjzTQnAOgKV\/\">Isaac Paredes<\/a>, right-hander <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"JI4a9JfO5GTBqsZU\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/hayden-wesneski-JI4a9JfO5GTBqsZU\/\">Hayden Wesneski<\/a> and infield prospect <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"x1vj8zjXIIffAY0j\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/cam-smith-x1vj8zjXIIffAY0j\/\">Cam Smith<\/a>, league sources told <em>The Athletic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For a Cubs team that was in desperate need of a star, Tucker answers one of the biggest questions facing the organization since trading away the World Series core at the 2021 trade deadline. Working within ownership\u2019s parameters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5993439\/2024\/12\/13\/cubs-carson-kelly-free-agent-contract\/\">Cubs<\/a> president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer has hesitated to pay free-agent prices for the biggest names in recent offseasons, falling well short when the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"106\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/dodgers\/\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> landed <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"PYXhWEdNdM6bQVDP\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/shohei-ohtani-PYXhWEdNdM6bQVDP\/\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> last winter and not even entering the Juan Soto bidding war won by the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"110\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/mets\/\">New York Mets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker is projected to earn a $15.8 million salary this winter \u2014 his last as an arbitration-eligible player. Tucker will turn 28 in January and, next winter, should command a massive payday in the wake of Soto\u2019s $765 million contract with the Mets.<\/p>\n<p>Among all major-league outfielders, only Soto, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"SFIT5wwDvRYLsber\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/aaron-judge-SFIT5wwDvRYLsber\/\">Aaron Judge<\/a> and <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"40qIanIFo3PVjfGr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/mookie-betts-40qIanIFo3PVjfGr\/\">Mookie Betts<\/a> have accumulated more wins above replacement than Tucker since 2020. A fractured shin cost Tucker 79 games last season, but he still managed to produce 4.7 bWAR and a 181 OPS+ across 339 plate appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Trading Tucker is a departure from Houston\u2019s standard operating procedure during this decade of dominance, but payroll bloated by misallocated money coupled with a fallow farm system all but forced third-year general manager Dana Brown to make Tucker available.<\/p>\n<p>That Houston owner Jim Crane has never guaranteed a player more than $151 million must\u2019ve factored into the discussion, too. In the wake of Soto\u2019s contract, Tucker could receive a free-agent deal next winter worth at least $400 million.<\/p>\n<p>For the Cubs, this is the next level of a more transactional, data-driven strategy under Hoyer, who\u2019s entering the final season of the five-year contract he signed when he replaced Theo Epstein.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5985653\/2024\/12\/10\/cubs-kyle-tucker\/\" class=\"go-deeper\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"go-deeper\">\n<div class=\"go-deeper-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/10211249\/GettyImages-2150062816-scaled-e1733884660935-1024x683.jpg?width=128&amp;height=128&amp;fit=cover&amp;auto=webp\" class=\"go-deeper\" alt=\"go-deeper\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-label\">GO DEEPER<\/p>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-title\">Why Kyle Tucker fits what the Chicago Cubs are looking for<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cubs acquired Paredes less than five months ago from the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"119\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/rays\/\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>, giving up <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"xthz6ube54yU8Gd2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/christopher-morel-xthz6ube54yU8Gd2\/\">Christopher Morel<\/a> and two young pitchers. The Astros had heavy interest in Paredes during the trade deadline and, according to one major-league source, \u201cfinished second\u201d to the Cubs in bidding.<\/p>\n<p>At that trade deadline, the Cubs did not operate as traditional buyers or sellers, taking a blended approach to adding and subtracting major-league talent while trying to build for the future.<\/p>\n<p>That evolving philosophy had led the Cubs to Wesneski, a pitcher targeted at the 2022 trade deadline for his potential upside as a starter. The Cubs swapped <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"cb40qrxSCfbA7j8O\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/scott-effross-cb40qrxSCfbA7j8O\/\">Scott Effross<\/a>, a sidearm reliever under long-term control, for Wesneski, an upper-level prospect in the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"111\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/yankees\/\">New York Yankees\u2019<\/a> farm system.<\/p>\n<p>Wesneski, who grew up in the Houston area, didn\u2019t quite put it all together at Wrigley Field, but he has been an effective major-league swingman and could benefit from a change of scenery.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs selected Smith out of Florida State in the first round of this year\u2019s draft, adding him to their growing group of top-100 prospects. That gradual accumulation of young talent opened new possibilities and encouraged a deliberate front office to make a blockbuster win-now trade.<\/p>\n<p>But despite paying a hefty price, Hoyer now has an offensive centerpiece. It\u2019s a group with solid \u2014 but not spectacular \u2014 talent. Surrounding Tucker with the likes of <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"SrzUB87aG2VQn11i\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/ian-happ-SrzUB87aG2VQn11i\/\">Ian Happ<\/a> and <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"2K0ed4mlUN93bC3A\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/seiya-suzuki-2K0ed4mlUN93bC3A\/\">Seiya Suzuki<\/a> \u2014 along with <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"Kuwj5u6wl0Zejo84\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/nico-hoerner-Kuwj5u6wl0Zejo84\/\">Nico Hoerner<\/a> and <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"5zqMPlNdHIw4Q3i7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/dansby-swanson-5zqMPlNdHIw4Q3i7\/\">Dansby Swanson<\/a> \u2014 extends a lineup that lacked the type of player that opponents have to game plan around. Tucker\u2019s presence will elevate the rest of the group and help bring some stability to a lineup that too often went in deep funks.<\/p>\n<p>The price to acquire Tucker was hefty \u2014 especially for a player who\u2019s only one season away from free agency \u2014 but he changes the dynamic of this Cubs offense. Since 2020, only nine players have topped Tucker\u2019s 143 wRC+ during that span. Since 2010, only Anthony Rizzo or <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"DQfIOTe7eVBl67fh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/kris-bryant-DQfIOTe7eVBl67fh\/\">Kris Bryant<\/a> have put up a season of 140 wRC+ or greater in a Cubs uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker also is an all-around threat as a strong baserunner and a Gold Glove winner in right field. He has extensive postseason experience, having played in 64 playoff games and helping the Astros win the 2022 World Series.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs expect Tucker to help them get back to October baseball at Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n<h2>Required reading<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Photo: Tim Warner \/ Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5992880\/2024\/12\/13\/astros-trade-of-kyle-tucker-to-cubs-following-crazy-72-hour-window\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chandler Rome, Ken Rosenthal, Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney DALLAS \u2014 The Houston Astros traded outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon, completing a frenzied 72 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137016\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}