You don’t trade Brandon Nimmo before Thanksgiving without a plan in left field. What if this was part of the masterplan all along for the New York Mets? You read the market and see that despite expectations for a contract north of $400 million in some places, Kyle Tucker wasn’t so popular?
It’s an opportunity few would’ve expected prior to the 2025 season. Tucker wasn’t bad for the Chicago Cubs. He was far from unworldly. Older than Juan Soto when he became a free agent by a few years and less productive in his walk-year, the trend of going the route as players like Alex Bregman and Pete Alonso last offseason might have crept into the mind of Tucker and his agent.