Cubs’ Kyle Tucker gets $600 million contract update

Kyle Tucker is certainly going to get paid a lot of money.

Two particular questions remain: How much, and by whom?

The Chicago Cubs lefty-slugging outfielder will be a free agent after this season.

The Athletic's Jim Bowden predicts that Tucker will sign a contract summer for value that "starts with a 6."

“Following Juan Soto’s record-setting $765 million deal in free agency and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s $500 million extension, Tucker is expected to land a nine-figure contract that starts with a 6," Bowden writes. "Several big-market teams, including the Cubs, Phillies, Yankees, and Dodgers, should be in play for him.”

The Cubs picked up Tucker from the Astros this offseason in a trade knowing they were only guaranteed one year with him.

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Considering how Tucker is hitting in the early going, it's certainly been worth it in the short term.

Tucker is batting .278/.387/.552 with 12 home runs, 14 steals and 35 RBI.

Tucker, 28, should command everyone's attention in free agency.

His combination of power, on-base skills and intelligent base running should age well for whoever ends up with him.

In the meantime, he'll keep launching homers at Wrigley Field for the Cubbies.

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