In the debut in Wrigley Field, Kyle Tucker shows his potential for the change of players for puppies
Chicago – Kyle Tucker will not transform Chicago Cubs as Cooper Flagg will change the fortunes of a NBA lottery team. This is also not the NFL, in which a franchising quarterback can create a decade of super bowl dispute. Baseball is an unpredictable and volatile business. However, Tucker’s time in Wrigleyville could be defined by its impact at the superstar level.
This is exactly what the CUBs needed after finishing with 83 wins in each of the last two seasons. It is precisely the reason why the front office led by Jed Hoyer’s data has exchanged three players and 14 years of club control for potentially only one season. Making the playoffs this year is the mandate.
How this partnership works will be part of The biggest story takes place in Wrigley Fieldwhich opened its doors for the 150th house of the franchise, a crunchy 3-1 victory over San Diego Padas. A crowd of 40,244 gathered on a Friday afternoon of 44 degrees gray, enjoying the return of a summer staple, as well as a promising start 6-4. Cubs fans who look at Tucker affect the second in the formation and coverage of the right field also want to know how long it will last.
“Anyone who wants a player like that long term,” Hoyer said. “Wrigley will learn about in the coming months.”
As advertised, Tucker has already given Cubs a shock of left -handed power, answering some of the initial questions about how he would adapt after having previously spent his entire professional career with the Houston Astros. Four races in the house in four games gave him a pillow before meeting Chicago’s brutal success conditions. It also has a low -key personality and avoids being involved in distractions.
“Kyle is a quiet boy,” said Cubs Craig Counsell manager. “He likes to go play, and this is what he needs, and this is what he wants, frankly. But he does really special things when he is on the field.”
Kyle Tucker gets a standing ovation in his first AT-Bat in Wrigley 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/zttjlrbcds
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In fact, Tucker is the type of dynamic and all -round player who constantly fills a score of the box. He started the day as the leader of the Major League in blows, total basis, extra-base and double blows. He walked twice and scored a race during Friday’s victory. He has 11 RBI in 10 games, giving him some breath in a new city by putting some numbers on the large video table.
“It certainly helps,” Tucker said. “But of course it’s a long year. Statistics at this point of the season are not necessarily (it matters). It is more just trying to get victories. It accumulates those rather than personal statistics because they will go and go up and down throughout the year. Just try to make it as consistent as possible.”
Tucker, 28, will almost certainly explore his options as a free agent after this season. Although it may not be Juan Soto, who has obtained a 15 -year megadeal of $ 765 million with the New York Mets in the event of a low season, he is still an elite batter to his first ones who can also play in defense of gold gloves and steal 30 bases in a season. And if the Toronto Blue Jays potentially signs Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for an extension of the long -term contract, it would remove a big name from the scoreboard, leaving Tucker as perhaps the free agent n. 1 next winter.
“Should we count my” no comments “about this question and see how many we arrive in six months?” I said Hoyer. “Obviously, he is a great player. That’s why we exchanged for him. Clearly, it’s the type of player you want to build a training around, build a team around. Any conversation we have with him, we will keep internal.”
For now, the CUBS will take Tucker as a good influence on their basic aggressive style and an offensive approach to the team level, which has shown itself against the previously unbeaten Padas. Tucker’s ability to see the pitches, take walks and do damage will create traffic for opposing launchers, remove the pressure from his teammates and will give the example.
“It always seems that he is ready to hit,” said Canson’s Cubs’s Dansby: “which is really difficult with the amount of games you play, the amount of at-bacteries you get, the amount of new launchers you could face, the times you can excessively think about it.
Counsell said it is fun to see how Cubs players react to look at Tucker in the batter’s box, mentioning in particular Seiya Suzuki as a batter who “absolutely” taken something from the decisive tucker game plan.
“Kyle is a boy very ready for tone 1,” said Counsell. “If you get what Pitch 1 wants, he’s going.”
What Tucker wants will be revealed over time, but his first impression of Wrigley Field as a puppy has been “fantastic”. Hall of Famers Billy Williams, Ryne Sandberg, Fergie Jenkins, Andre Dawson and Lee Smith managed the first shot and the seventh stretch, showing the connections of the franchise to its history.
Shota Immanaga again launched with a touch similar to an ace. A deeper formation than that which started last season produced only three shots but produced quite offended. Ryan Pressly’s wobbled ninth inner did not prevent Cubs from playing post-match music in their club house and breeding the W flag on top of the central field scoreboard.
“The crowd, the interactions and the song were rather beautiful to see and be part,” Tucker said. “We have a really good team.”
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