MILWAUKEE – When Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer swung the trade to bring Kyle Tucker into the fold last offseason, the goal was to transform the offense and make a run at the World Series. If those goals were met, the fact that Tucker was around for only one year would have been worth it.

On Saturday night, Tucker stood in front of his locker in the visitors’ clubhouse at American Family Field, facing an uncertain future in the wake of the Cubs’ 3-1 loss to the Brewers in Game 5 of the National League Division Series. He did transform Chicago’s lineup, but the North Siders’ quest to be the last team standing is over.

“It sucks,” Tucker said. “But I’m very proud of this group.”

The question now, of course, is whether Tucker’s one-year experience with the Cubs will ca

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