Praise and deflect, praise and deflect, praise and deflect.
When Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer was asked about Kyle Tucker's impact and whether or not the team would explore a reunion in free agency, he gave the answer just about any big-league executive would give - which wasn't much of an answer at all.
"Obviously now, we're into free agency and ... we'll be having those conversations. Like I said a bunch of times during the season, everyone could use a guy like Kyle Tucker. Everyone gets better by having a player like that.