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00:00It is the final year of Jed Hoyer's contract and I think that urgency was
00:07reflected in the way they pursued Kyle Tucker and got him. Kyle Tucker
00:12realistically is not going to sign with the Cubs during the season and the
00:17chances of him coming back to Chicago for a half a billion dollars he might be
00:21worthy of paying by somebody at the end of the year if it's an MVP caliber year
00:26and the hope is it will be then he likely is to walk if you've got one year
00:33of Kyle Tucker if you've got one more year to make a run and prove that you
00:37are still worthy of putting together a playoff World Series caliber roster then
00:42you are Jed Hoyer and you are hell-bent on overpaying for Alex Bregman
00:48structure a deal that is creative maybe it's three years 75 80 90 million
00:53dollars but the first year is front-loaded with opt-outs you've got
00:59to overspend maybe in 2025 because you are putting everything into that next
01:05season you are making sure that you're removing the doubt from your lineup and
01:10as much as we love Matt Shaw and we fall in love with these prospects and God
01:14bless PCA and Owen Casey and Michael Bush and all the guys Ben Brown's gonna
01:20close yeah they're maybes they're definite maybes and prospects aren't
01:26proven players you know what Alex Bregman is a proven player get him