Key Highlights
- For Tucker, he secures a deal that allows him to opt out after the second season. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“Kyle Tucker, the consensus best player available in free agency, agreed to join the Dodgers on Thursday, sources told ESPN, a little more than a month after star closer Edwin Diaz did the same.
- Tucker's deal is for four years at $240 million and includes opt-outs after the second and third seasons, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers,” ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez wrote. While this is bad news for the rest of the league, it opens the door for the Philadelphia Phillies to make a strong push for Bo Bichette.
- According to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, they are now the favorites.“The Phillies are the overwhelming favorites to sign infielder Bo Bichette,” Nightengale posted. Philadelphia wasn’t considered a strong candidate for Bichette until last week, when it was announced that he would have a meeting with the team. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“Bichette/Phillies meeting is said to have gone very well fwiw.
- Bichette admires ‘first class’ organization.
- Other pluses: roster, park, Mattinglys link, spring proximity to home.
