The Los Angeles Dodgers have as soon as once more pulled the wool over the eyes of Main League Baseball.
Prized free agent outfielder Kyle Tucker is becoming a member of the Dodgers in free company, Jeff Passan of ESPN reported on Thursday. Jesse Rogers of ESPN adds that Tucker is headed to Los Angeles on a four-year, $240 million deal (with an opt-out after the second 12 months).
The four-time All-Star Tucker, 28, was the highest remaining hitter on the free agent market this offseason. Whereas the Dodgers had been on the forefront of the dialog for Tucker for a lot of the winter, it appeared in latest days that momentum was constructing for Tucker to doubtlessly head elsewhere.
Tucker, a former World Sequence champion with the Houston Astros, reportedly had an offer from the Toronto Blue Jays for a crazy number of years. The New York Mets had been additionally stated to have provided Tucker a contract with a $50 million common annual worth, and Mets proprietor Steve Cohen even sounded a bit confident about the team’s chances earlier in the day Thursday.
