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Newsweek
36 minutes ago
- Sport
- Newsweek
MLB Insider Provides Reality Check on Kyle Tucker's Free Agency Status
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Kyle Tucker and the Chicago Cubs are reportedly nowhere near any sort of contract extension as the second half of the season quickly approaches. The Cubs, who just acquired Tucker, seem like a place he would want to stay as they have complete control over the National League Central at this point. However, MLB insider Jon Heyman breaks down the latest on his situation. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 19: Kyle Tucker #30 of the Chicago Cubs runs to first base in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field on June 19, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 19: Kyle Tucker #30 of the Chicago Cubs runs to first base in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field on June 19, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois."This guy is going to be a free agent at this point," said Heyman on MLB Network. "We thought maybe there would be some discussions, maybe they tried and maybe it didn't work." Tucker will be one of the biggest names on the market at the end of the season if Heyman's report holds true. The Cubs certainly knew they would have to pay up for him, and Heyman dove a little deeper into the complexity of locking down a player of his caliber. "We had Jed Hoyer with Joel Sherman on the podcast for the New York Post, and he said basically it's very difficult to sign up a guy who is about to be a free agent with his stature," said Heyman. "To me, that was a pretty big hint that they're not going to be able to do it in the season, so it's going to have to be after the season." As for where Tucker may land in free agency, it's anyone's guess at this point. Even after calling up top prospect Roman Anthony, Heyman lists the Boston Red Sox as a potential suitor or the San Francisco Giants if the Cubs can't find some common ground. "Never count out the San Francisco Giants at this point," Heyman said on the show. "They look like an aggressive team as we've seen and the Red Sox. Now the Red Sox have a lot of outfielders, but we've heard of (Jarren) Duran potentially on the market. They would be a possibility as well because they need to do something to make up for (Rafael Devers)." Tucker's situation will remain fluid, but he will be one of the most sought after players when the offseason begins. More MLB: Potential Red Sox Target Dennis Santana Caught Fighting Fan at Comerica Park
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Kyle Tucker Player Props: June 19, Cubs vs. Brewers
Kyle Tucker Player Props: June 19, Cubs vs. Brewers Following a multi-hit performance in his most recent game (3 for 4 with two doubles), Kyle Tucker is trying for more success on Thursday. The Chicago Cubs square off versus the Milwaukee Brewers, and will face starter Freddy Peralta, at 2:20 p.m. ET on MARQ and FDSWI. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Kyle Tucker player prop bets. Tucker has 15 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 48 walks while batting .284. Among all hitters in baseball, Tucker's home run total ranks 29th and his RBI tally ranks 29th. Watch tonight's Cubs game on Fubo! Kyle Tucker Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +575) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +575) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +195) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +195) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110) Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -182) 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -182) Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +350) How to Watch Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers Matchup: Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers Time: 2:20 p.m. ET 2:20 p.m. ET Date: Thursday, June 19, 2025 Thursday, June 19, 2025 TV Channel: MARQ and FDSWI MARQ and FDSWI Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Kyle Tucker vs. Freddy Peralta Tucker is 4 for 5 with a double in his career versus Freddy Peralta. When matching up against Freddy Peralta this season, Tucker is 2 for 3. Last year against Freddy Peralta, Tucker was 2 for 2 with a double at the plate. Kyle Tucker prop bet insights In 63.9% of his 72 games this season, Tucker has recorded a base hit (46 times). He's also put up 22 multi-hit games in 2025 (30.6%). He has homered in 18.1% of his games this season (72 contests), going deep in 4.1% of his plate appearances. Tucker has touched home plate at least one time in 36 out of 72 games this season (50.0%), with more than one run scored in 11 of those games (15.3%). He has picked up at least one RBI 30 times this season in 72 games played (41.7%), including 10 multi-RBI outings (13.9%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in three contests. Tucker has gone down on strikes at least once 33 times this year in 72 games played (45.8%), including 11 multi-punchout contests (15.3%). MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Thursday at 1:26 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Kyle Tucker stats against the Brewers Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB 6/17/2025 Chad Patrick 3-for-4 2 0 0 1 0/0 0 5/4/2025 Freddy Peralta 2-for-3 0 0 0 0 0/1 1 5/3/2025 José Quintana 1-for-4 1 1 1 1 1/0 0 5/2/2025 Tyler Alexander 2-for-4 0 0 1 2 0/1 0 5/19/2024 Colin Rea 2-for-5 2 2 4 2 3/0 0 5/18/2024 Bryse Wilson 0-for-2 0 0 0 0 1/2 1 5/17/2024 Freddy Peralta 2-for-3 1 0 0 0 0/1 0 5/24/2023 Adrian Houser 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 5/23/2023 Colin Rea 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0 5/22/2023 Corbin Burnes 1-for-3 0 0 0 0 2/1 0 Brewers starter: Freddy Peralta Peralta (6-4) toes the rubber for the Brewers in his 16th start of the season. He has produced a 2.60 ERA in 83 2/3 innings pitched, with 84 Ks. The righty last pitched on Saturday against the St. Louis Cardinals, when he lasted six innings, allowing one earned run while giving up four hits. Among qualifying pitchers this season, the 29-year-old currently ranks 12th in ERA (2.60), 30th in WHIP (1.133), and 23rd in K/9 (9.1). In this outing, Peralta will aim to secure his fourth straight quality start.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kyle Tucker Makes Cubs Admission Amid Upcoming Free Agency
Kyle Tucker Makes Cubs Admission Amid Upcoming Free Agency originally appeared on Athlon Sports. There's plenty that the Chicago Cubs will have to do to keep Kyle Tucker in town. However, two of those things are likely more important than anything else. Advertisement For the Cubs, he'll be intrigued by the money they'll offer. If the ownership group can come in with a competitive offer, there's a very good chance they'll have an opportunity to sign him to a long-term deal. However, after spending his entire career in Houston prior to joining the Cubs, winning should be important to Tucker. And according to the left-handed slugger, when speaking about his new team and the fan base, he pointed out that winning has continued to be their goal. Chicago Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker launches a home run at Citi Field in Penner-Imagn Images 'The ceiling is winning the World Series,' Tucker said on Cubs Live! 'That was our goal, coming into the season, going into spring training. I think we still have a really good shot at that. We have a really good team. Hopefully we can all come together as a group at the end of the year healthy and playing well, and you know, get that job done…' Advertisement 'Our goal coming in was to win a World Series,' Tucker said. 'And, you know, try and come out and play every game hard and try and win every single game. We don't want to just kind of show up and play and go home at the end of the day, and whether we win or lose, not really care. We want to come out and play well, and put on a show for these fans and win games for them. I mean, if you don't want to do that, I don't see the point of showing up at the park.' It's still far too early in the season to make a definitive assessment about how the Cubs will perform in the postseason, but they've played well to start the year. If Tucker can get the money he wants and they continue to win, there's no reason for him to want to play elsewhere. Related: Cubs Predicted to Replace Dansby Swanson With Young Star This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Post
2 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Tucker Carlson floats nuking Iran if they are actually trying to kill Trump in epic clash with Ted Cruz over Israel conflict
Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson suggested that the US should contemplate nuking Iran if allegations are true that the theocratic regime has been conspiring to assassinate President Trump, during a fiery two-hour debate with Sen. Ted Cruz. Carlson scoffed at Cruz (R-Texas) for confirming to him that Tehran has conspired to kill Trump and argued in disbelief that if those accusations are real, the US needs to respond with military force. 'This just seems like a huge headline and you're acting like everyone knows this. I didn't know that,' responded Carlson after having needled the Texas Republican for not knowing how many people live in Iran. Iran-linked assassination plots against the president were widely reported last year during the 2024 election — including a murder-for-hire scheme in retaliation for Trump's killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major Gen. Qassem Soleimani in 2020 that was thwarted by the feds. 'I've never heard evidence that there are hit men in the United States trying to kill Trump right now. We should have a nationwide dragnet on this and we should attack Iran immediately,' Carlson added. 5 Tucker Carlson apologized to Ted Cruz at times for being snippy but grilled the senator for nearly two hours. The Tucker Carlson Show 5 Sen. Ted Cruz has since mounted a social media-based public relations counteroffensive against Tucker Carlson. The Tucker Carlson Show 'Why aren't we at war with them? Why don't we just nuke Tehran if they're trying to murder our president? There's nothing you could do that would be worse for the United States than murdering Trump.' The former primetime Fox News anchor sounded deeply skeptical that Iran actually tried to kill Trump and took steps beyond a mock video of the regime striking the real estate mogul on a golf course. Cruz told Carlson that someone had been arrested in an assassination scheme against Trump, but the conservative personality was indignant and grilled him about why he wouldn't back nuking Iran. Last year, it emerged that the feds foiled a potential plot to kill Trump. The scheme allegedly involved the hiring of Asif Merchant, a Pakistani man who claimed to have dealt with an Iranian handler who pushed him to hire a hit man, according to a proffer agreement released last year. Carlson has been one of the leading MAGA world voices demanding that the Trump administration stay out of the Israel-Iran conflict that broke out last week. Shortly after Israel's preemptive strikes on Iran, Carlson contended that the US was 'complicit in the act of war' and argued, 'politicians purporting to be America First can't now credibly turn around and say they had nothing to do with it.' Trump later brushed off his criticisms, calling Carlson 'kooky.' 5 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has vowed not to back down in the conflict with Israel. via REUTERS Cruz, a former debate champion who has been one of the most outspoken supporters of Israel, agreed to an interview with Carlson that quickly devolved into an epic battle of ideas over the Middle East. After filming the interview on Tuesday, the 'Tucker Carlson Network' quickly mocked Cruz by posting a preview clip of their exchange in which the Texas senator didn't know the exact population of Iran, which Carlson harped on and used to belittle his credibility on the subject. But the full interview revealed that early on, Carlson didn't know key details about the conflict either, such as the annual aid the US gives to Israel. Cruz has since mounted a full-blown social media offensive against Carlson over their epic faceoff. Both men had impugned the other's motives at times in the fiery showdown. Carlson had grilled Cruz about his ties to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which later prompted the senator to express bewilderment at his fixation with Israel controlling US foreign policy. 'By the way, Tucker, it's a very weird thing, the obsession with Israel. We're talking about foreign countries. You're not talking about Chinese,' Cruz fired back at one point. 'You're asking, 'Why are the Jews controlling our foreign policy?'' 'You called me a sleazy feline,' the Lone Star State Republican vented at another point. A visibly frustrated Carlson was incensed and furiously sniped at Cruz, 'You called me an antisemite.' 'Be less snarky,' Cruz gasped at a different point in the exchange after being bombarded with Carlson's flippancy. 5 President Trump has been forced to navigate MAGA divisions over the Israel-Iran conflict. AFP via Getty Images Despite the heated war of words, Cruz and Carlson sprinkled in some words of affirmation for one another throughout the two-hour clash, concluding that they agreed on about 80% of the issues. Cruz recounted Carlson's anti-lockdown monologues during the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic and likened them to a 'crack injection' — while carefully caveating that he doesn't know what crack is like. Carlson also noted that he backed Cruz in his last election. But the senator sought to impress upon Carlson that he had lurched too far in the isolationist direction after concluding he had wrongfully backed the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. Cruz, who harked back to his opposition to the Iraq War, described himself as an 'isolationist hawk' who has charted out a middle ground between neocons and complete doves. Early on in their rhetorical showdown, Carlson seemed aghast that Cruz would back regime change in Iran and asked whether there are any examples of that going well, given the overseas quagmires that have ensnared the US in the past. 'Sure, defeating the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union collapsing, winning the Cold War,' Cruz replied as they sat below a portrait of Ronald Reagan giving his famous Berlin Wall speech. 'That was the most consequential step for US national security interests of our lifetimes.' Carlson later argued that the US is too 'focused on being our adversaries abroad' and suggested that life in America has deteriorated since winning the Cold War. 'What is victory worth if our country becomes what it is now, and maybe we're spending a little too much time focused abroad and not enough time focused on the people sleeping outside Union Station,' Carlson bemoaned. 'Why don't we do a regime change here?' he quipped at another point. 5 President Trump declared last year that Iran should be 'obliterated' if it assassinates him. AFP via Getty Images During their long-winded verbal bout, Cruz revealed that his religious convictions color his perspective on Israel, but stressed that his staunch support for the Jewish state is due to his belief that it is important for US interests. 'As a Christian, growing up in Sunday school, I was taught from the Bible, those who bless Israel will be blessed. And those who curse Israel will be cursed. And from my perspective, I wanna be on the blessing side of things,' Cruz explained, eliciting Carlson's signature look of bewilderment. 'We're commanded to support Israel.' Carlson, a proud Christian, pressed Cruz on that and suggested that the Israel in the Bible described in Genesis is different than the modern-day country run by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump, who has not publicly decided whether or not to join Israel's war efforts on Iran, has stood by his backing of Israel's attacks on Tehran and rejected the MAGA world critics like Carlson. 'My supporters are for me. Tucker is a nice guy. He called and apologized the other day,' Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday.
Buzz Feed
2 days ago
- Politics
- Buzz Feed
Tucker Carlson And Ted Cruz Interview Clip Reactions
As a woman who lives in Texas, I love nothing more than when Ted Cruz has his ass handed to him. But I was shocked that the most recent person to do it was none other than Tucker Carlson?!?! ICYMI, there's an interview clip of Ted and Tucker going mega viral on social media while discussing the Israel-Iran conflict. Highly recommend watching if you haven't already, but there are two key moments: Tucker calling Ted out for not knowing basic facts like the population of Iran... ...and Tucker getting Ted to backtrack on the US's involvement in Israel's bombing of Iran. Here's what people are saying: What do you think of all this? LMK in the comments below.
