Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."
At last week’s deadline for MLB teams to sign arbitration-eligible players before the teams and players would go to an arb hearing, the Cubs came to an agreement with all their arb-eligible players.
Except one, newly-acquired Kyle Tucker. The team submitted an offer of $15 million and Tucker asked for $17.5 million.
Today, the Cubs and Tucker have a deal:
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