{"id":32040,"date":"2025-07-02T07:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/32040\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T07:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:46:10","slug":"kyle-tuckers-chicago-cubs-future-receives-update-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/32040\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Tucker’s Chicago Cubs Future Receives Update on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyle Tucker’s Chicago Cubs Future Receives Update on Tuesday<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Outfielder Kyle Tucker is in his eighth major-league season and his first with the Chicago Cubs.\u00a0The Cubs and Houston Astros executed a blockbuster trade in December 2024, sending Tucker to Chicago for infielder Isaac Paredes, pitcher Hayden Wesneski and Cam Smith.<\/p>\n

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Houston chose to part with Tucker and capitalize on his arbitration-year value. His arrival instantly bolstered a Cubs outfield that had lacked consistent run production the previous season.<\/p>\n

Over seven seasons in Houston, the 28-year-old outfielder established himself as one of the game\u2019s most consistently great hitters. He earned three All-Star selections, won both a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove, and played a pivotal role in the Astros\u2019 postseason runs, including their 2022 World Series championship.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker (30)Kyle Ross-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Cubs defeated the Cleveland Guardians 5\u20132, improving to 50\u201335 on the season.<\/p>\n

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Before the game, president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said, \u201cKyle is the kind of player you want to keep. We\u2019ll talk with Casey [Close] when the time comes, but every negotiation requires a clear valuation.\u00a0I don’t think that (Cam Smith’s play) changes anything,” per ESPN’s Jesse Rogers.<\/a><\/p>\n

Selected 14th overall in the 2024 MLB Draft by Chicago, Smith has been a bright spot for Houston this season\u2014batting .276 with a .776 OPS and belting seven homers.<\/p>\n

Tucker\u2019s performance this season has been exceptional. He\u2019s batting .291 with a .931 OPS\u2014both above his career averages\u2014while showcasing his plate discipline and power consistency.<\/p>\n

Chicago has surged behind Tucker, sitting 15 games over .500 atop the NL Central and chasing its first division title since 2020. He currently ranks third in NL outfielder All-Star Game voting, trailing only teammate Pete Crow-Armstrong and Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/p>\n

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If Tucker continues to excel down the stretch, the Cubs have made it clear he\u2019s a part of their future\u2014at the right price\u2014and that Smith\u2019s strong rookie campaign won\u2019t factor into those talks.<\/p>\n

Related: Kyle Tucker, Pete Crow-Armstrong Make MLB History for Cubs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Related: Pete Crow-Armstrong Receives New Nickname From Cubs Teammate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 2, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Tucker’s Chicago Cubs Future Receives Update on Tuesday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Outfielder Kyle Tucker is…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[20166,960,1271,1282,26948,2382,5386,1818,20168,5605,1277,20407],"class_list":{"0":"post-32040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-cam-smith","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-cleveland-guardians","12":"tag-hayden-wesneski","13":"tag-houston-astros","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-illinois","16":"tag-isaac-paredes","17":"tag-kyle-tucker","18":"tag-pete-crow-armstrong","19":"tag-ronald-acuna-jr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114782534607519411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}