US EditionSF Giants Share Thoughts on Dodgers’ Signing of All-Star Kyle Tucker
The Blue Jays offered Kyle Tucker a $350 million, 10-year contract with opt-outs and a $64 million signing bonus, but he chose a shorter, $240 million deal with the Dodgers.
- On Thursday night, Kyle Tucker agreed to a four-year, $240 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, rejecting Toronto Blue Jays' reported 10-year, $350 million offer, Jon Heyman revealed.
- Toronto Blue Jays had appeared the clear favourite, but late bids from the New York Mets, including a four-year, $220 million offer, accelerated the offseason market.
- Los Angeles structured the deal with opt-outs after years two and three and $30 million deferred, matching Kyle Tucker's 2025 season statistics of 22 homers, 133 hits, 73 RBIs and 25 steals.
- With Tucker off the board, the Toronto Blue Jays must focus on the team's outfield plans, spotlighting Anthony Santander and considering Cody Bellinger to break franchise free-agent records.
- The move reignited calls for a salary cap and intensified parity and lockout discussions as Major League Baseball faces the Collective Bargaining Agreement expiry on Dec. 1.
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SF Giants share thoughts on Dodgers’ signing of All-Star Kyle Tucker
SAN JOSE — The Los Angeles Dodgers were having a quiet offseason by their lofty standards. Then, they set the baseball world on fire. Again. On Thursday evening, news broke that the Dodgers agreed to a four-year, $240 million pact with four-time All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker. Even with deferrals, Tucker’s average annual value of $57.1 million becomes the highest in MLB history, shattering the record that Juan Soto ($51 million) set last season…
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Throughout the week there were rumblings across baseball that Kyle Tucker was nearing a decision. The top free agent outfielder on the market was projected to land a huge deal, and all signs pointed to the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets as the favorite to land the four-time All-Star. Then on Thursday night, the news came like a bolt from the blue. The Dodgers had done it again. Related Articles Alex Bregman’s failed contract t…
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The Toronto Blue Jays struck out on Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette within 24 hours.While that is a tough pill to swallow, the short-term offers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets were tough for those free agents to ignore. Now the Blue Jays must move on. That could take the shape of pushing harder for New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger, as some are urging them to do.The Blue Jays were very active on the international free agency…
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