📅 Published on: 2024-12-12 19:56:09
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Adnan Virk, Dan O’Dowd, and Tom Verducci discuss reports that the Astros are listening to offers on outfielder Kyle Tucker.
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Heyman tweeting the Astros want Rookie of the Year Luis heel and a package for Superstar outfielder Kyle Tucker the discussion with the Cubs involves outfielder SE Suzuki and ESO parades Joel Sherman and Ken Rosenthal also on the story as well star outfielder Kyle Tucker plan for obvious reasons they said to become a free agent in a year so an acquiring team won’t be likely to be able to extend it he surely saw how the market treated stto and some metrics are comparable Tucker’s numbers Tom 4.7 War this year spent only playing 78 games if you had double that to 156 would have had nine four War 46 home runs 22 stolen bases there’s a void now for the Yankees Tucker would help fill that without stto being there without a question I mean you talk about a guy in the last four years his numbers are actually almost identical to guys like Mooky bets Cory Seager so the market for a guy like Tucker just went up because of the stto signing I won’t say he’s exactly The Hitter that stto is obviously a better Defender better base runner but like stto I see a guy who’s got more power coming we saw that in his limited time in 2025 he’s made some adjustments at the plate he reminds me of some hitters like Shawn Green Adrien Gonzales Tino Martinez left-handed hitters who grew into puls side power let me show you what I’m talking about because he was a guy who’s always been a good hitter but to me he started clicking the ball out front and made some subtle adjustments to become a more of a pide power Guy this is 2023 here that’s a fast ball down the middle now I’m going to go 12 months later 2024 same pitch and I want you to see what he does with this pitch because we saw a lot of this in this brief time in 2024 just getting the ball higher in the air the back spin on the ball sha greeny made a great second career out of this watch the feed as he starts out he had been closed more neutral that allows the front hip to open up a little bit more to more to be more pide and I want you to watch his arms after contact here how he extends through the baseball that top hand doesn’t roll over he finishes High that’s where you get that back spin from so Kyle Tucker to me going forward you can book him as a 30 to 40 home run guy you’re talking about a guy who now is can steal 30 bags he’s done that as well here’s what I’m talking about at and the flyball rate career high you saw it jump up last year I you know I think that is something of an evolution not so much a swing change more of an evolution for Kyle Tucker so like Juan stto his best power numbers are just he’s just growing into those now so here’s the comp I’m talking about over the last four years you think about the average annual value for guys like bets and Seager and look at these numbers here I mean he is in this category you’re saying Kyle Tucker and then you add in the base running and the defense Gold Glove winner that’s why I think his Market Dan is about 35 per year times 10 so if you’re the Astros and you’ve got fber Valdez and Kyle Tucker in their platform seasons and you’re trying to resign Alex bregman that’s about $800 million that’s a lot yeah I think flipping this Adan and Tommy to the Astro side of things Astro is right on the cliff some I could argue is over the cliff I mean those signings for freed increase Valdez Market dramatically as Tommy talked about the signing for so to increase Tucker they’re really in a precarious position right now where they’ve got to make some strategic short-term long-term decisions those trades that Johnny put up that cup deal fits for them I don’t think it’s an organization that’s ever going to back up and rebuild so when you look at playing paret at third and putting Suzuki right that keeps saying competitive because they still have two elite players an Altuve and yordon Alvarez who’s legitimately one of the best offensive players in the game and so I really feel like we’re going to see a deal like that come down here either at these meetings or right after this cu the Astros almost have to do something at this point in time right because the first thought was why trade Tucker it’s just because of the financial flexibility Altuve Alvarez all those names there’s only so much the Astros can spend but Tom even by trading them they can still very much stay as a contender right there’s no question with Dan that’s exactly what they will do I mean this is more of a pivot that I think the market has accelerated I’m sure they we know they’ve made a run at bregman that hasn’t worked out now you have the Yankees highly motivated in it for him so that price is going up sto affecting uh Tucker and then freed affecting Valdez is price the push the price higher for the Astros so they’re not the kind of team that’s going to pull back and reload they’re try to Pivot and like changing on the fly with major league players if they do trade Tucker and or anybody else
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