Dodgers agree to $240M deal with ex-Astros, Cubs OF Kyle Tucker

Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a four-year, $240 million contract with former Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker.

Tucker, the top free agent on the market, confirmed the agreement Thursday on Instagram. Sources told MLB.com, The Athletic and ESPN about the terms of the pact, which includes a $64 million signing bonus and $30 million deferred. Tucker's deal also features opt-outs after its second and third years.

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"It's time for Dodger baseball," Tucker wrote on an Instagram post, which includes highlights from his time with the Astros and Cubs.

Tucker, 28, hit .266 with 22 home runs, 25 steals and 73 RBIs over 136 appearances last season with the Cubs. The four-time All-Star joined the Cubs in a 2024 trade from the Astros.

Tucker, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft, hit .273 with 147 home runs and 119 RBIs through his first eight seasons.

He hit a career-high .294 in 2021. Tucker smashed a career-high 30 home runs in 2021 and 2022 for the Astros. He led the American League with 112 RBIs in 2023, when he recorded 29 home runs and a career-best 30 stolen bases.

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Tucker will now join a lineup that features Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith, among others, for the Dodgers' attempt to win three-consecutive World Series titles.

The Dodgers, who routinely have one of the highest payrolls in baseball, have had just one losing season (80-82 in 2010) in the last two decades.