Kyle Tucker is joining Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and the back-to-back World Series-champion Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a bombshell report.
As first reported by ESPN, the former Chicago Cubs right fielder has agreed to a free-agent deal with the Dodgers. Fan Sided’s Robert Murray has since reported the proposal to be worth $240 million over four seasons. Tucker can opt out of the contract to become a free agent again after the 2027 and 2028 seasons.
The agreement gives Tucker baseball’s second highest average annual salary at $60 million. Only his new teammate, Ohtani, has a higher average annual salary at $70 million, and his deal is heavily backloaded.
The exact structure of Tucker’s deal has yet to be revealed.
The Dodgers are currently slated to pay eight figures to at least 14 players next season, including Ohtani, pitcher Blake Snell ($31m) and World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto ($27m)
Tucker was rumored to be getting offers of around $50 million per season after batting .266 with 22 homers, 73 RBIs and an .841 OPS during an injury-plagued 2025. The four-time All-Star was even better over seven seasons in Houston, hitting 89 home runs from 2022 to 2024 while winning a Gold Glove and finishing fifth in the MVP voting in 2023.
Kyle Tucker is joining Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman with the back-to-back World Series-champion Los AngelesDodgers
Manager Dave Roberts #30 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with Shohei Ohtani #17 after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays to win the club’s second straight World Series title
Many thought Tucker was headed to New York after Mets owner Steve Cohen made a cryptic remark on X: ‘Let me know when you see smoke.’
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Cohen did try to walk back his post before the Tucker news came in: ‘For those who don’t understand the pope election reference , we are waiting for a decision,’ Cohen wrote, seemingly walking back the excitement of his first post. That’s all I know.’
Naturally fans were displeased. As one wrote on X: ‘Steve Cohen is a fraud.’
