Overview

• Cubs president Jed Hoyer reaffirmed that the team wants to keep Kyle Tucker but will approach his extension within defined budget parameters.
• MLB insider Jim Bowden projects Tucker could command a $600 million contract, framing the scope of the Cubs’ valuation talks.
• Tucker’s .291 batting average and .931 OPS have powered Chicago to a first-place standing in the National League Central.
• According to OptaSTATS, Tucker and Pete Crow-Armstrong are the first outfield teammates since 1922 to enter July with at least 30 extra-base hits and 20 stolen bases each.
• Through his foundation’s hospice care fundraising events, Tucker has strengthened his community ties in Chicago.