{"id":511955,"date":"2026-01-08T21:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/511955\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:20:12","slug":"opportunistic-mets-in-hunt-for-kyle-tucker-in-potential-blockbuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/511955\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Opportunistic&#8217; Mets in hunt for Kyle Tucker in potential blockbuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets are seen as one of three top contenders for Kyle Tucker and will be \u201copportunistic,\u201d if they can match up.<\/p>\n<p>What might make things tough: The other two top contenders, as SNY\u2019s Jim Duquette said, are the attractive World Series combatants, the Jays and Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>The Jays, whose spring training complex is in Dunedin, are driving distance from Tucker\u2019s Tampa home, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/07\/sports\/blue-jays-ramping-up-kyle-tucker-pursuit-as-high-priced-offseason-continues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also may be likelier to go long with Tucker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers are in their usual spot, \u201caround the backboard,\u201d waiting for a rebound, as they were with Edwin Diaz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets are seen as one of three top contenders for Kyle Tucker and will be \u201copportunistic,\u201d if&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,9411,29,4,2046,37650,61,18,185,430,428,1192],"class_list":{"0":"post-511955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-david-stearns","10":"tag-kyle-tucker","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-mlb-free-agency","13":"tag-mlb-hot-stove","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-san-diego-padres","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-sports-columnists","18":"tag-sports-plus","19":"tag-steve-cohen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115861574563376888","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}