Chicago Cubs Shocking News Make Blockbuster Trade for Kyle Tucker is a Chicago Cub + Cody Bellinger
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it took a few days but the Carson Kelly signing is Now official after entering the off season with the goal of upgrading at the catcher position Jed Hoyer grabbed Carson Kelly one of the last free agent catchers on the market Cubs video Carson Kelly’s official deal is for two years earning $1.5 million total this is quite a solid bargain compared to what other catchers have been earning Kelly is originally from Chicago which is a possible reason for the deal coming together he’s an average catcher offensively with one of the best parts of this game being the lack of strikeouts and balls chased out of the Zone his Ops of 687 in 2024 is definitely below average but was slightly better than his new partner Miguel Amaya Kelly’s defense is the best part of his game with above average blocking Framing and stolen base prevention his three blocks above average were just over the 60th percentile Mark with this framing around the same until Christian bethan Court was added to the team the Cubs were one of the worst teams in baseball when it came to throwing Runners out Kelly should help change that as he threw out four more Runners than the average catcher putting him in the 85th percentile compared to the rest of the league once it was clear that someone like Logan ohop or Cal Raleigh was unavailable via train trade Hoyer had to Pivot for the current year two possible prospects to investigate as trade options are Drake Baldwin and Carter Jensen with Cody Bellinger being a trade candidate for both teams it was a busy couple of days for the Chicago Cubs following the winter meetings and things came to a boiling point on Friday after increased speculation that they would be the ones to land Superstar outfielder Kyle Tucker they indeed pulled off the move by shipping out Isaac pedes Hayden wesneski and star Prospect cam Smith but that wasn’t the end of things for the Cubs for Jeff p and of ESPN they agreed to a 2-year 11.5 million contract with catcher Carson Kelly something that seemed to be in the works for a while when both parties were in communication with each other Chicago has now addressed another clear weakness of their team from last year dot they’ll have three catchers in the mix heading into spring training incumbent starter Miguel Amaya previous offseason acquisition mat theas and now Kelly who is coming off his best performance since 2021 with a slash line of 238 sl. 3113 374 and 96 Ops plus based on that agreed to contract it seems like Kelly will likely get the edge early on overas with the latter potentially starting in the minor and being in option in case of poor performance or injury doso far it’s hard not to be impressed with what the Cubs have done while the fan base was certainly frustrated early on based on their lack of willingness to spend at the top of the market for free agents Jed Hoyer and his front office have done a good job of making the necessary improvements this roster needed to contend while also pulling off the headliner deal for Tucker
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