{"id":324024,"date":"2025-12-04T03:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/324024\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T03:28:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:28:17","slug":"free-agent-kyle-tucker-visited-blue-jays-dunedin-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/324024\/","title":{"rendered":"Free agent Kyle Tucker visited Blue Jays’ Dunedin facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2013 Free agent outfielder Kyle Tucker<\/a> visited the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>\u2019 Dunedin, Fla., training facilities Wednesday, according to industry sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tucker went to high school in nearby Tampa, Fla., before signing with the Houston Astros as the fifth overall pick in the 2015 draft. Now 28, he\u2019s considered the top free agent available.<\/p>\n

A visit does indicate that the Blue Jays are genuinely involved with Tucker, but it\u2019s also a relatively standard part of recruiting a high-profile free agent and doesn\u2019t mean Tucker\u2019s anywhere near making a decision. It would be a surprise if Tucker didn\u2019t also visit some other rumoured suitors such as the Yankees, Dodgers or Phillies as his market develops.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Blue Jays will stay in touch with other players, including their own homegrown star. Along with Tucker, the Blue Jays have interest in Bo Bichette, who\u2019s also hitting free agency for the first time. As of Wednesday, it appears extremely unlikely the Blue Jays would land both players and it\u2019s possible that they\u00a0don\u2019t land either one.<\/p>\n

So far this winter, the Blue Jays have focused on their starting rotation, retaining Shane Bieber while signing free agents Dylan Cease and Cody Ponce. From here, GM Ross Atkins is expected to consider offensive additions while attempting to add a late-inning relief arm.<\/p>\n

Free agent activity could pick up further when MLB\u2019s annual Winter Meetings begin Monday in Orlando, Fla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 Free agent outfielder Kyle Tucker visited the Toronto Blue Jays\u2019 Dunedin, Fla., training facilities Wednesday, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-324024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}