Jed Hoyer discusses pending Kyle Tucker free agency after 2025 Cubs season I Marquee Sports Network
Chad, you made the aggressive move to get Kyle Tucker last winter and you knew it could be a one-year arrangement. Just how are you currently kind of thinking through the different layers to that situation just with some of the young guys you have right there and just the roster construction? Yeah, I do think um when we were at our best, Kyle was at his best and vice versa. You know, there’s no question he had a huge impact on this team. Um, obviously he, you know, he had dealt with some injuries and and struggled a bit in the second half, but I think when you, again, we take the totality of the season. Uh, he had a huge impact as as we hoped he he would. Um, you know, obviously now we’re we’re sort of into free agency and, you know, we’ll be, you know, we’ll be talking to Casey and we’ll be having those conversations. And so, I mean, like I said a bunch of times during the season, like everyone can use a guy like Katuck or everyone gets better by having a player like that. And um we’ll certainly be having those conversations. Jed, whether it was in season or like exit interviews, did you get a sense of what Kyle Tucker wants, you know, as a free agent for the rest of his career? Um yeah, I think Kyle like, you know, I think he’s um he had a good experience here for sure. I think that they was um certainly I think he enjoyed playing in Chicago and I think that our you certainly um Wrigley and our fans made a huge impact. Um, but ultimately that’s, you know, I think Kyle has a big decision. I think that he’s he’s earned the right to to not only be a free agent, but to be a coveted free agent. And so, you know, I would expect that that they’ll play their cards kind of close to the vest. But I like I said, I know he had a good experience. And um, like I said, I know that when we were sort of at our best, he he he played exceptionally well. If Kyle Tucker doesn’t return, would you be comfortable going with internal development and youth or would it be imperative to add an established starting caliber position player or DH? I think that um it’s probably more specific question. I mean that than I would answer. I mean, I think that um clearly Kyle had a huge impact on our on our offense this year. And so if he’s not here, then that that’s a a void and we have to figure out how to replace that. Um but there’s a lot of different ways to to do that. Um and so um I think that’ll be the focus. But yes, I think that there’s no question that you you if you if you don’t retain a player of his caliber, then you have to you have to replace those wins and you know that war in some other ways. And I think that’s something we’ll be really focused on, but I don’t how you do that I think can take many different shapes and forms. When you head into the off season with Tucker, do you go in with like this is our plan, this is our budget, or do you have to kind of sit back and take the temperature of the league? And because obviously a big factor is going to be whether there are other teams that are coming after him hard or not. Yeah, I think not connected to Kyle. politing in general. I think that you know you have to evaluate you have to start the whole everything that we do with the evaluation of the player and like focus on that valuation and then what’s that what’s that worth to the organization. I think that’s the the the backbone. I think that um in my career I think when when you make decisions that are based on your valuation and how you value the player then it sort of takes some of that the other stuff out out of it and you make better decisions. I think if you’re reacting to how things are going around you, I think that that’s when you can make real mistakes. So to me, it’s just that’s going to be our focus is, you know, how do we value not it’s not just Kyle, it’s any player, like what’s the valuation we put on this player? How much is he worth to this organization right now? And I think that if you do that consistently, I think you end up, like I said, making more and more good decisions. And the more good decisions we make, the more it’s additive. Go Bruce and then Patrick. Heat up [Music] here. [Music]
Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer addresses the media in his end-of-season press conference at Wrigley Field, and discusses outfielder Kyle Tucker’s pending free agency and the impact he made on the team.
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Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer shares discussion on outfielder Kyle Tucker
35 comments
F that bring up Cassie full time he's a stud and get another pitcher! Tweak the bullpen and get a damn reliable closer and we good!!!😅🐻💙😊
As usual softball questions…Ricketts needs to sell team. He promised "ALL IN" Did nothing at trade deadline…End of story.
Cubs should sign Billy Williams. 😀
Jed isn't the problem, Ricketts is.
Bring back Schwarber
Very impressive how he managed to talk throughout this whole thing and say absolutely nothing.
It depends on what Tucker wants. 20-30 million a year for 4 years. You have enough starters with Horton and Steele returning. Pick up some more middle relief.
Anyone who doesn't think we should resign Tucker for the right price is impulsive and short sighted. He's a 4.5-5.5 guaranteed WAR player and a top 10 hitter in the league. You will regret not signing Tucker for the right price more than you regret losing Schwarber. Again, for the >> right price <<.
The Cubs need to sign a bionic player. Someone who doesn't get hurt. Because the Cubs are INCAPABLE of diagnosing and treating injuries, and coaching players out of slumps. These players are on their own to figure it out.
It will make more sense to invest the money by finding m.ore players like le Niko hoerner guys who can hit for higher average and get on base with more confidence, so if l was the GM ob Chicago Cubs l won't spend my money on just one player.
He’s gone.
If you bring him back i refuse to watch this next year!! Get some bats that can do some damage consistantly
Give Tucker a chance!
I wasn’t that impressed with him.
He not going to tell those assholes yet
Friggin Dodger buy whatever they want especially pitching. Otani isn’t hitting his weight but they have some many others to float the boat. Very hard to compete with an obvious unlimited ck book. Luxury tax is like a power bill to the dodgers. Pay it and move on
I would like to get Schwarber back also
For the money 💰 might get a good hitter and a 2 or 3 for the staff !
Dollar store Jed with his belief in quantity stockpile over quality will never go nowhere
Hoyer and Ricketts are a joke. They are a top 3 market, but Tom is only worried about his pocket book, and spend like a middling market team. They could easily sign both Tucker AND another SP/rebuild the bullpen.
They can't be like Milwaukee (who is losing to the Dodgers), because they don't scout, draft and develop like them.
Listen Jed you traded 3prospects to Tampa for Merrill which you trade those prospects to Houston along with another 3 . That’s 6prospects for a rental , and for a team was no threat at to ever win a World Series . You only make that move mid season when you’re missing one piece to win it all . You better reassign him
Enough of the bs dollar store Jed . You don’t sign Tucker you better spend 500 mill on pitching skrubal cease and bullpen . Enough of quantity below average surplus players that does nothing for you in a playoff series
Tucker is not worth it at all
Sad the team is stuck with more Hoyer. Let Tucker walk, please.
YOU ARE EVIL SCUM JED. BREGMAN AND LUZARDO COST US THIS SEASON. YOU AND RICKETTS ARE THE CHEAPEST AND SICKEST OWNERSHIP GROUP IN ALL OF AMERICAN SPORTS
Schwarber is a crappy outfielder from what I have heard, he has amazing hitting though. Perhaps we could put Seiya in RF and have Schwarber DH
The Cubs should have announced they were NOT interested is signing Tucker before he got to the dugout after his last at-bat Saturday. Hoyer should go with him.
Resign the man. Hes an onbase machine. And his bat is better then everyone on the cubs now.
Tucker – out
Swanson – out
Kelly – out
At this point I'm ready to move on and have Owen Caissie take over right field or at least have him platoon with Seiya during the early months of the season. Tucker still a good player but was a bust for the Cubs in the playoffs.
He always says nothing.
Schwarber and Hoyer are not on the best of terms since Schwarber left 5 years ago…..
The chances of Tucker coming back are about the same as the chances of me playing RF for the Cubs next year.
They won’t sign Tucker and cheap ass ricketts wont reallocate the money into another player, but any more buildings go up for sale watch out!!!
I’m in the minority i think they should resign Tucker at a fair price, sign a closer/Ace or trade Cassie for an ace, when Tucker was healthy the cubs were at their best the first half of the season. They also need to sign or trade for another real bat. Bottomline the team has more than a few holes to fill and ownership has to open the check book.