The Dodgers are back in the World Series to defend the title they won last year after sweeping the Brewers out of the NLCS, but while they wait to see which of the Mariners and Blue Jays will emerge from the ALCS to challenge them for the commissioner’s trophy it appears their front office has already directed one eye towards the coming offseason. Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports this evening that Los Angeles is expected to target star outfielder Kyle Tucker when free agency opens up following the World Series.
The news is hardly a surprise, as the Dodgers are routinely involved with the game’s marquee free agents. They famously won the sweepstakes for both Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto during the 2023-24 offseason, and while last winter saw them miss on young superstar Juan Soto after landing as one of five finalists for his services, they still went on to spend plenty in free agency as they brought in Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, and Tanner Scott among a number of other signings and re-signings.
Impressive as the Dodgers have been this year, one of the team’s few major flaws is their production in the outfield. Andy Pages (113 wRC+) has emerged as a legitimate regular in center field, but Teoscar Hernandez (102 wRC+) took a significant step back last year relative to his first season in Los Angeles and the Michael Conforto experiment ended disastrously as he posted a wRC+ of just 83 with negative WAR in 138 games before being left off the club’s postseason rosters. With Conforto headed back into free agency this winter, there’s an opening on the grass in Los Angeles that Tucker could fit into quite nicely.
Tucker, 28, is a four-time All-Star who is the consensus pick for this winter’s top free agent. He broke out with the Astros back in 2021, and since then he’s hit a sensational .277/.365/.514 (143 wRC+) across five seasons of work. His resume was impressive enough that the Cubs were convinced to surrender top prospect Cam Smith and All-Star third baseman Isaac Paredes (alongside young starter Hayden Wesneski) in a three-player package to acquire Tucker ahead of his final year under team control. Tucker was everything the Cubs were hoping for in the first half this year, as he slashed .291/.295/.537 with 17 homers in 83 games through the end of June.
At that point, Tucker seemed likely to find himself at the center of discussions about whether or not he’d join Ohtani, Soto, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in landing a guarantee of more than $500MM this winter. Things took a turn for the worse in the second half, however. Tucker made two trips to the injured list and hit just .225/.348/.342 in 53 games from July 1 onward, leaving him with fewer homers (22) in 136 games this year than he managed in 78 games during his injury-shortened 2024 season (23).
Heyman writes that Tucker’s tough second half has knocked down his expected price tag somewhat, but that a $300MM contract could still be realistic with even $400MM as a possible goal for the outfielder’s camp. That’s the type of price tag that’s sure to give pause to plenty of suitors, should it come to fruition. That’s unlikely to be the case for the Dodgers, who have a payroll of $395MM this year according to RosterResource and will see that figure drop to $329MM next year without making offseason additions. Even if Los Angeles isn’t willing to surpass this year’s payroll (and there’s been no indication that’s the case to this point), they’d still have plenty of room in the budget to add Tucker if they so chose.
Looking at other potential suitors, the Cubs have indicated at least some interest in bringing Tucker back into the fold next year. With that said, it should be noted that they’ve never spent more than the $184MM they gave Jason Heyward during the 2015-16 offseason on a contract in club history. That would be a significant jump out of the club’s apparent comfort zone under chairman Tom Ricketts and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, though it could be argued that trading for Tucker in the first place was similarly out of character.
Heyman also suggests that the Red Sox, Phillies, and Giants could be in the mix for Tucker’s services, though none of those potential landing spots are quite as obvious fits as Los Angeles is. Boston has a very crowded outfield mix as it is, with Jarren Duran, Roman Anthony, and Wilyer Abreu all left-handed outfielders under long-term team control who belong in everyday roles and profile best in a corner. The Phillies have made it clear their top priority this winter is retaining star DH Kyle Schwarber, and it remains to be seen if the Giants are interested in adding another corner bat on a massive contract after trading for Rafael Devers back in June.
jesus christ
dodgers havent bought enough superstars yet?
tucker too?!
Tell me you’re not taking Jon Heyman seriously.
Tucker is not a Boras client, so the usual snark re Heyman does not appear to be relevant.
seam – Yes, and I do believe the Dodgers like to stay away from Boras clients as much as possible.
chandlerbing is the master at commenting first and thinking last, Joe says…
He is not to be taken seriously.
Hall monitor here we come!
As long as his new address and team doesn’t start with “Chicago” it works for me.
Are you crazy? its not our money. I’d.love to have him back even despite the injuries and ineffectiveness.
I’ll help him pack if he’ll leave now.
When parking, tickets, concessions and other perks of the ballpark go up, you’ll see that it is your money helping to field players.
What does ot matter, we’re done anyway? And if youre looking to point fingers, while youre at it you.might want to look @ PCA. He was terrible in the 2nd half and even his defense suffered a bit. Happ was bad first half, then got hot for awhile but was awfule when we needed him.
Aloha Uncle, Many Cub fans don’t understand that Tucker even before his injury and horrific slump had bad splits. They don’t want to hear that he didn’t perform well in Wrigley. We need gritty players that can deal with real weather, the outdoors. Tucker came from a nice closed in dome/park his first 7yrs in the majors. His defense also regressed in Wrigley. Nothing against him. I’ll help you pack his bags, lol! Take care now. Mahalo!
Jesus Christ has joined the chat.
If you listen to the TV broadcasters, Jesus is apparently wearing #17 for the Dodgers.
According to my Bible, Jesus didn’t have the fastball.
Good thing Ohtanis interpreter took the heat for the betting eh? Lmao whatta sham
Eh. Jesus was okay but Felipe and Matty were better.
and this is just weird- they literally have 3 of the most interesting young OF prospects in baseball- so they do not need a long term piece that tucker would be- they need a 2 year stop gap.
note- De Paula, Quintenero and Hope, all 3 are 20, reached AA (except Quinenero who is in high A). They should all be ready in about year since elite prospects tend to need less time in the upper minors- and for refrenve MLB.com as quinenero 34th overall, and is the worst rated of the bunch- and they are low on him. This is an elite group of prospects.
Prospects are just suspects until proven otherwise.
Although they do have talent in the minors like you mentioned, remember that they have the oldest infield in baseball and Ohtani in his prime. They can’t waste the best years of him like the Angels did and need to maximize the productivity that’s left from Freeman (36 yrs), Muncy (35 HRs), Betts (33 yrs), Teoscar (33 yrs).
Bringing up those prospects and having them succeed may be the ideal, but perhaps they’d feel more comfortable with the return on output with a sure thing like Tucker.
neurogame: Muncy is 35 homers old? 🤣
Dodgers always just trade their prospects for stars they can shovel money to.
Color me shocked!
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George Steinbrenner era was child’s play compared to this Dodgers franchise today.
Chandlerbing
What about Jesus Christ? I know you can’t comment without talking about Jesus Christ, it’s difficult, but do try.
Please, for the love of God please don’t.
This is just to rile up the fans. There will be a handful teams looking to sign him. Dodgers simply check on everyone that’s all.
Until they actually sign him and rile up everyone outside of California
Dave Roberts said the goal is for everyone to be angry
@sad
That’s not what Dave Roberts said. Put it in context. What Doc said was:
“Before the season started, they said, ‘The Dodgers are ruining baseball,’” Roberts said. “Let’s get four more wins and really ruin baseball.”
Butter – No, I actually called out Tucker to the Dodgers a while ago when others were saying they’d target Skubal.
I pointed out the need for offense is there, especially with the aging Dodgers position players.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Tucker is the only big name Dodgers acquisition this coming offseason.
GabrielMorenoSuperfan: Why are you bringing God into this? 🤷♂️
That is great news. If that gets him the most money, good for him. The other owners want to be cheap and whine and cry poverty while making hundreds of millions and their fans are so easily fooled it is pathetic.
Why do only 25% of NY Jews approve of a guy that that is about to win the mayor of ny?
Ilovesharia: I don’t know, maybe because of antisemitic shmucks like you.
I’m sick of this stupid and uneducated take. the dodgers have a media deal that was approved by MLB that gives them an unprecedented revenue stream. No other team, not even the Yankees have this. But to be fair, the blame should lie on MLB for this unbalanced garbage.
A good amount of owners do still cry poor and refuse to spend, though.
A more stupid and uneducated set of takes, however, are Carl Everett’s denial of the Moon Landings and his disapproval of the LGBT movement.
Wow. Didn’t know you thought over 90 percent of non American Muslims are stupid and uneducated. Bigot
my comment wasn’t directed at you. it was directed at the take that all owners can spend like the dodgers. quit crying and being so sensitive.
my name is a shot at Carl Everett’s idiotic views. You’re obviously too dim-witted to realize that
my screen name is a shot taken at Everett’s idiotic views. You’re obviously too dim-witted to realize that.
I’m so dim witted I needed a second comment to realize it I think I need a 3rd
Lol. Multi account spotted
Ilovesharia: Not 90%. Just people like you who post hatred.
Don’t you have a “family friendly” drag show to go to?
Under the current MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), teams contribute almost half of their local revenue to a central pool, which is then equally redistributed among all 30
With this in mind, each team receives AT LEAST $110 million annually from the local revenue share, plus approximately $90 million from shared national revenue, for a total of over $200 million in shared funds.
Now, how the owners of those teams use that extra revenue is up to their discretion. How do you think your team is using it?
I would bet on LA getting both Tucker and Bichette than them getting neither
There isn’t a need for Bichette.
Might as well grab a spare infielder/DH
Sure there is. They don’t really have a SS. I’m sure they’d love to throw Mookie back in right.
Do you watch the games seama? Mookie is playing top flight shortstop, making spectacular plays daily. In the short term–no pun intended–he’s not going back to the OF.
Sure there is you can put mookie back in the OF and play bichette at ss
Tucker, Pages, Betts
Might as well sign Bregman
Bregman
Bichette
Edman
Freeman
Smith
Yeah it would be so nice for the dodgers to have muncy and teoscar on the bench
Mookie is rated as a better defensive shortstop than Bichette. It wouldn’t make sense to pay the latter all that money just to be a defensive downgrade.
SALARY
CAP
And floor. Plus deferred money needs to be addressed.
Addressed? Why? Jae?
Meaning, how. Thanks autoincorrect.
Only Dodger fans require an explanation. The money placed in escrow should be counted the same as the salary while active. No other franchise has the revenue streams to be able to compete. Granted most would be unwilling if they did, but they don’t.
Only losers like you need to insult fans of THE best team in baseball gfy
Deferrals aren’t as big a deal as people think they are. The Dodgers are paying every dime of Ohtani’s salary … just not to him yet. It is a lux tax evasion strategy to some degree, yes, but he still counts something like $50m vs the tax every year. Point being, only the Dodgers and one or two others could have signed that contract because they are actually sending $70m every year into escrow.
You are correct up to calling it a tax evasion strategy. No tax is evaded. And it’s less than no big deal. It’s no deal at all.
It is a tax evasion strategy if following his playing career he relocates to a low-tax residence. At least on CA legislator introduced a bill to outlaw this practice.
So, this can mean, and I stress can, that while he plays CA residents lose out on that tax revenue.
Not that I agree or disagree, but there is enough here to raise eyebrows on some.
the arguement is that a team carrying that on their books will use it as a reason to not pay players later, so they are paying players now that would harm players in 5 years.
No state (with an income tax) would allow any worker to get away this, and I don’t see a need for a law to prohibit it. Income is taxable when and where it is earned.
No such argument exists.
He counts $46 million towards the tax. They are placing about $44 million in escrow and with compounding interest that will pay the $68 million being deferred to 2034 to 2043.
His contract is laid out in this way:
10 years/$700M (2024-33)
signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/12/23
24-33: $70M annually, with $68M deferred each year
deferred money will be paid without interest in equal $68M installments each July 1 from 2034 to 2043
discounted to reflect present value, the deal is worth:
– $28,210,787 per year for purposes of calculating annual salary, using the 10% rate required by Article XV(k) of MLB’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (8.5% prime rate, plus 1%, rounded to the nearest full percentage point)
– $28,313,523 for 2024 per MLB’s Labor Relations Department
– $46,076,768 for purposes of calculating average annual value for Competitive Balance Tax payroll, using a 4.43% rate (Oct. 2023), the annual IRS mid-term rate required by CBA Article XXIII(E)(6)
– $437,830,563 in total, according to calculation by MLB Players Association
10 year 700 mill but only counts 46 mill against the cap while he’s playing
Yeah it’s cbt tax evasion
You can defer money but 100% of the contract should count against your cbt number even if you’re just paying him 46 mill a year and restrictions need to be put in place like if you spend a billion dollars in deferred money you should be forced to pay extra for deferring so much.
Say
0-50 mill no penalty
51-200 mill 10% penalty
201-400 mill 25% penalty
401-600 50% penalty
601-800 75% penalty
800- over 100% penalty
It’s ridiculous for a team to put deferred money into essentially a saving account let it accrue enough interest so it doesn’t hurt their bottom line having to pay for guys once the contract ends. There needs to be restrictions and checks.
I find it funny how Ohtani is playing the way he is, not making a fuss and never bashing others or making a fool out of himself, while internet denizens go to all-out warfare with keyboard weaponry to oust his supposed dictatorial Tojo-like chokehold on baseball.
It’s hilarious.
You are right on the math but I think it is easier to understand deferrals when they are explained as loans to the team, on which the team pays interest at a rate set in the CBA. The CBA itself describes them this way.
Also, the deferral accounts are not an escrow. They are held by and invested by the team. The only third party involved is MLB. The teams must send them quarterly reports on the deferral accounts.
I find it funny ohtani will never see you gallabanting around chatrooms for him defending his honor with your gluteus Maximus and how you’d make readily available for coitus with the shogun himself at a moments notice. Ha zah!
For once I agree with you, Stein, and you put it very well.
The Dodgers would be paying ~$40 million more in tax this year and next and we’ll see what after the next CBA. They are taxed on the “present value” of the contracts but never pay tax on the actual value of those deals.
I don’t pay tax on my 401K deposits, but do when I take the money in retirement. They will never pay luxury tax on those deferred $’s.
So try again to tell me how no tax is evaded?
You obviously don’t understand present value. He is not earning $70 million per year if $68 million is deferred each year for 10 years. The Dodgers are investing that money in the meantime, not him,
Blue, in this case Ohtani earns no interest. The team on the other hand is relying on interest to make up the difference between the $44 million they are required to place in escrow and the $68 million deferred payment.
That money is not held by the team. The CBA requires it to be held in an escrow account. The team may be able to choose the escrow company and the types of investments made with the interest earned on that account, but they cannot withdraw and use the principal so it is very much an escrow account.
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No you don’t understand how it works. Dodgers pay out Ohtani’s salary while he is playing, like for any other player. Only difference is it goes to a bank not him, where it grows. The team does not have to fit his salary into their budget after he’s gone.
Wrong. Income is taxed where and when it is PAID to the earner. Avoiding CA income tax through deferrals is an old trick that high earning tech execs have used for years. The state legislature has been toying with banning it for a long time.
You obviously can’t read
10 years 700 mill
70 aav should count against cbt tax thresholds.
They can pay him 46 mill a year but the actual contract should is what cbt calculations should be based on.
10 years 700 mill and 70 aav should be the cbt hit. Not 46. That’s it. That’s the point.
No.
Lol. And they probably support mandani too. We know that foppert and never remember do
Jeez Dude. You are on a tear.
I’ll let you know definitely. No problem. Just ask.
First up. Who is Mandani ?
The “socialist’ that 25 percent of NY Jews approve of. Why would almost all dem leaders support him? Why does he have such a low jew approval?
Probably because his main campaign trolls blather on a baseball site.
English?
Mate. You got me. Not across him at all. That’s a bit to keep up with in your country. A man’s only human. My apologies.
What?
This guy is a bot/troll. He keeps making the same comment over and over again. Just flag his posts. Nothing to do with baseball.
Didn’t see you flag the others, hypocrite
I did, actually.
Take this nonsense to Reddit or something. No need to spam a baseball website with your political opinions.
Time to just make it simple math 10 yrs 700 mil 70M AAV not “value” with taking money off for deferred money. How they want to pay it out is between the player and the team.
Maybe simple people need simple math, but anyone with grade school level financial literacy knows that what you’re suggesting is completely nonsensical.
It’s really a pretty simple argument. I don’t agree with it necessarily because I believe MLB has a handle on it, but really, you making a big fuss and commenting on every single thread within this comment section/not agreeing with it has 95+% to do with being a Dodgers fan.
No, it has 100% to do with not being financially feebleminded.
Yeah, of course, you’re always right and there’s no other alternative possibilities that can be logical! Give me a break. You’re one of the biggest homers on this website.
explain how it is nonsensical?
majority of the teams in the league do it that way. You cant say it cant be done with big contracts because aaron judge gets 10 years 400 million and its averaged at 40M a year, bryce harper with the biggest contract at the time he signed it doesnt have deferrals juan soto who has the biggest contract doesnt have deferrals but is not paid out evenly every year but is an AAV.
Also to get what deferred dollars are worth today is just a guess. Lets say bryce harper did a deferral structure similar to ohtani. Using eggs as an example of value, a dozen was about 1.50 in 2019 beginning of this year it was over 6 bucks and even now its still about 3.50 which is still over 100 percent increase. Does that mean they will reforecast that “value” of the contract because i very much doubt they would have accounted for that amount of inflation that quick as we hadnt gotten locked down with you know what at that point. This would actually lower his tax hit as the “value” would have dropped by quite a bit and not the usual expected COLA of 2ish percent.
So let them defer the pay schedule how ever they want but AAV for tax purposes should be the straight easy calc total guaranteed salary / years. to get actual AAV. so 700M / 10 years = 70M AAV not 40M
It’s not nonsensical, he’s just a homer. There are valid takes for both sides of the argument. To suggest otherwise is goofy, and he should not be taken seriously.
That would be strange. The $70m he will get in 2035 is simply not worth $70m today. Nor are the Dodgers paying out that much. Deferred salaries should just be banned.
At this point we should be seeing articles about the top free-agents that the Dodgers aren’t interested in.
That would make a long list.
All these articles about who the Dodgers are interested in at this point are nothing more than clickbait. A team cannot express any interest in a player before free agency starts or they’d face significant penalties from MLB. Many if not most of the articles are written by AI anyway. Even after free agency starts, the players agents whisper to reporters that the rich teams like the Dodgers, Mets and Yankees are interested even if they aren’t to push up the bidding. Don’t fall for this annual bullcrap.
Tucker’s OBP was.much higher than. 295 in the first half. Must be a typo. And for everyone yelling for a cap, your teams can afford to spend much more. A floor would be much better IMO. If you’re a billionaire owner as almost all those guys are, this shouldn’t be a business it should be a toy that you’d be happy breaking even on or as a loss leader.
they have a soft floor (if it is too low, union can complain, why the As spent on mid range FA last year to be above that line).
I hate a yearly cap, and think there should be a floating 3-6 year cap. If you are playing a bunch of rookies, ou should not need to fill out your roster with overpaid vets, but those young guys will get paid- so just make teh floor a floating average of your payroll for the past 6 years (based upon years of control, if that changes i would change that timeframe)
15 teams now have investors that are private equity firms. That means its 100% about how much money the team makes.
Surprising. The last team I thought would go after a big name and salary.
They can have him, something seems off with him, I suspect he’ll never be as good as he once was. He has bad contract written all over him.
@Luke Strong
I honestly believe that to be true.
His bat speed is below average, and declining bat speed rarely ages well. On top of that, he’s a poor defender. I think he’ll be above average/good for 2 more years, then average/mediocre for 3 or so, then however many remain on his contract will go poorly.
Prepare to be ripped, myaccount. You are absolutely correct, but I know from experience that anyone who tells the truth about Tucker is excoriated by the mob. I’m not sure why it is so important for people to overrate him–there might be multiple reasons–but it is.
lol what
What do you not understand about any of the comments made here?
If Friedman wants Tucker he will do whatever it takes to sign him this offseason
LA Deferrals have much to offer that other teams don’t have – Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, Snell, Yamamoto, Glasnow, postseason play every year & mega $$$ to offer Tucker
Just the dodgers driving up the market.
I think it’s possibly more likely Dodgers go for Trent Grisham.
Why do only 1/4 of ny Jews support the future mayor?
They have a very good young center fielder already. That seems unlikely.
Pages already moves to the corners in late innings frequently. As competent as he is in CF, his arm is a natural for RF.
I’m just hoping they have enough resources to get Paul Skenes and Gunnar Henderson too.
I think Jon Heyman mis-misidentified him for Mile Trucker.
I’m really interested to see what Cody Bellinger signs for tbh. He’ll probably wait for Tucker to sign knowing he’s a Boras client.
More than Brandon Nimmo so ~$175M to $190M is my guess.
I think rumors are going to be that he is asking for 7/210 and his contract will end up at 5/140 to 6/165. Basically the AAV he had on his current deal, just over more years.
Dodgers should have an expansion team. Fold a team like the Pirates. Let the Dodgers have 2 teams so they can sign everyone and give everyone ample playing time.
@TJECK109
Los Angeles Dodgers of Pittsburgh.
who gets to a half billion dollar payroll first ? dodgers or mets ? ?
With CBT fines the Dodgers are already well over that for 2025.
Dodgers are already well over once you count tax. $550m this year or thereabouts. And they are probably still top five in profits. That’s how much more revenue they have than most teams.
Wish the Mets would go after Tucker. Move Soto to left field, Nimmo to center field, and Tucker in right with Tyrone Taylor as 4th outfielder. Not ideal defense but…maybe DH Soto half the time.
It would be so LOLmets for them to sign Tucker when their last high-dollar free agent signing couldn’t get them to October.
@Chucky: You sound like a bitter Yankees fan. Soto was the best player on the Mets. It wasn’t his fault they missed the postseason. Lil bro syndrome as a Yankees fan.
Yankees don’t need Tucker cos they have bigger needs elsewhere, like SS and the starting rotation.
And your “lil bro syndrome” gets blown up with every instance of LOLmets.
It is so Chucky the Troll to think that one player gets a team to October.
Soto had a 1.016 OPS/181 wRC+ with 18 HR in August and September. His level of play down the stretch was nothing short of incredible. Only Ohtani was better.
The Mets collapse had nothing to do with his play and everything to do with the 5+ ERA of their starting pitching rotation.
Of course they are
No Yankees? Now keep in mind this is Jon “Arson” Heyman, but saying that the Dodgers will go after Tucker is like saying water is wet. And as to the comment about how trading for Tucker was out of character for the Cubs, it’s worth noting that at the time Hoyer was trying to save his job and was apparently under an edict to make the playoffs. Once he got his extension, all that aggressiveness was suddenly gone. The Cubs might – and I really have to stress the word “might” – offer him 10, 300M. But that won’t get it done. However, then they will be able to tell us fans that they tried. Another team that should be spending a.lot.more based on their revenue. That said, there’s no way in hell that Tucker will be wearing a Cubs jersey in 2026.
Is water wet?
This is main reason why Baseball will strike in 2027 and may NEVER be the same when or if it comes back!
And don’t forget the sky is falling.
Ah, shut it and focus on your weekend homework, junior.
Good Response! Bravo!
@junior25
Because owners are too cheap to spend money on their team?
York you know full well that while some owners are cheap they can’t just throw money on too the burn pile and stay rich. Some teams are gonna make more money whether they win 80 games or 105, and some teams won’t make more even if they waste 100 million in free agency.
Thats the other part of the Problem. And neither side will meet in the middle
Junior, any labor action would be a lockout by management.
Agree! Cause the players are to greedy but they are like that in all Sports
Okay so this ain’t necessarily a hot take per se. My O’s need a damn good hitter, preferably one that can man center field. There are some potential free agent options available at that spot, i.e. Bellinger and Bader. Personally I could accept a healthy Colton Cowser manning center if that meant I had Kyle Tucker in right. Beavers (who I think needs the most playing time), Jeremiah Jackson and O’Neill to fill out left field. Its not an ideal situation at all to be honest.
The DH spot is probably going to be filled by a combo of Adley/Basallo/Mayo/O’neill during off days for each player in the field. O’ Neill still being here and showing himself (predictably) unreliable to stay on the field hurts the team and essentially prevents them from making a move for a reliable good hitter that they need.
Though I will say even in the best case scenario, O’s realistically landing Tucker ain’t happening. He’s the type of bat I want and that the team needs, but it won’t happen unfortunately.
We’ll just sweep the NLCS and let it be known we are after Tucker. Ha ha. Carnts. Too good.
Jon Heyman reported it, and of course a big team like the Dodgers are automatically assumed to absorb a contract like Tucker’s. Now, will they sign him or not? Who knows.
Dodgers have other things on their mind right now.
Cruising.
Wow. What an accomplishment.snell,ohtani, yam. I bet all 30 teams had a real chance at all 3!
Yep. Which is why this looks like slow sports news day fodder.
Just what the Red Sox need; another LH Outfielder
Why wouldn’t they..? Every top FA should be a Dodger. It’s beginning (not really) to become a mockery of even the veneer of fairness.
They’re “expected to pursue” not “to sign” him.
Kinda like they pursued Soto. in the end, it was much ado about nothing.
The dodger fans are like bill gates daughter bragging about being a billionaire when she is 60. Like congrats, I guess. Like how do you get joy out of winning a title if you are a fan. It would be much sweeter if you didn’t buy the entire league
Honestly is anyone shocked? lol. Deferrals until 2060
Any team can do deferrals.
True, didn’t say they couldn’t
Salary cap and no deferred money! Save mlb
Every team does deferrals. Save MLB from Manfred.
Perfect landing spot for him. With the Dodgers he could be just a supporting player, which is all he really is. He’s a good player, but not the transformative presence in the lineup that Cubs fans were promised. And no, it wasn’t just the injuries: that flatfooted stance and loopy long swing are features of his game, not bugs, and they will follow him wherever he goes. Good luck to him. We Cubs fans have moved in.
F the Dodgers
It’s a real shame that Rob Manfred doesn’t have the balls to veto another Dodger contract worth more than 400 million dollars. They’re soaking a thick jar of marmalade in his wife’s purse.
What other Dodger contract is worth $400 million? Tucker? He hasn’t signed with anyone yet.
Ohtanis is for 700 mil. I have to assume he’s getting more than better at 350mil and more than Yoshi at 325 mil. They have 3 current contracts worth minimum 325mil Tucker would be the 4th at that amount and likely more. They also over paid will Smith over the 100 mil mark. They have Freddie over 150 mil they gave Pita Edman nearly 100 mil. It’s ridiculous the league lets them do this sheet
( i was literally spelling out the 4 letter not so pg word out hahahaha)
Salary cap and floor, please!
Hahaha. Heads exploding on a Saturday night over nothing.
I love my Dodgers.
Why? It’s just a corporation that by some luck you were born near.
Because it makes you angry.
Lol. I don’t care. I cared when my team lost when I was 12. Imagine bragging about someone else’s accomplishments
Who is bragging about somweone else’s accomplishments?
This is stupid, fill up space when there is no game being played on Saturday night crud.
The Dodgers are going to the World Series and if someone is truly stating to Heyman that they ate going to pursue Tucker they should be fired immediately. They have bigger fish to fry this week.
Of course the Dodgers are going to pursue. So are the Cubs, Phillies, Giants, Jays, Yankees, yada yada yada.
Just filling space until there is baseball or news actually happening.
It’s took the dodgers 8 postseason games to get to the World Series it’s taking Seattle and Toronto at least 10 and those two teams had a bye. Meaning of course the dodgers played more games. I’m no fan of theirs but damn!!
Uhhh, the Dodgers had to play the wild card round so it took them 10 games to get to the Series.
It would actually make a little more sense for them to sign Ha Seong Kim and move Mookie back out to RF but hey whatever.
At a point a player has to just say no thanks to LA and sign somewhere else. Philly makes a lot of sense as even with Schwarber there they could still look to supplant Castellanos in the OF. Or just move on from Schwarber completely.
A dark horse I think for Tucker will be Atlanta. They are about 100 mil below where they were in 2024 before resetting this past season. Profar is terrible in the field, and they truly need another premier bat to pair with Acuña. A lot of folks will point to pitching but Atlanta really has had a scuffling offense the last two seasons. Tucker makes a lot of sense there.
He will be a huge overpay. Bunch of bankers running the Dodgers.
Might as well let nascar drivers use whatever car designs they want as well maybe bring back hemis and super birds
I love reading the comments from fans about how their team couldn’t afford to spend on players. The Tampa Rays have been close to winning it all many times but plead poverty and avoided spending what it would have taken to get them over the top. But loo, poor Stuart Sternberg paid $200 million for the team and just sold it for $1.7 billion. Think he might have been able to dole out a little more money along the way to win championships? If you believe the owner of your team can’t spend more money you are a sucker.
Some of you need to save your rage energy for Jon Heyman’s Dylan Cease-Dodgers article tomorrow.
Dodgers are going to trade for Nootbar or Donovan from Cards
Nooooooooo how shocking. He’s becoming injury prone so if he becomes a dodger I would hope that continues. However when you say they are expected to pursue Tucker that makes it sound as if they haven’t had contact with him already. Same as they never had contact with Ohtani until he became a free agent right, no one is that naive
If money makes a team great I guess we almost have a Mets Yankees World Series next week or would that be Yankee Phillies?
Money helps to make a great team