If there’s one thing Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer can vouch for, is the fact that the Cubs were at their best when Kyle Tucker was at his best. “Everyone can use a guy like Kyle Tucker. Everyone gets better by having a player like that.” Only a few would disagree with Hoyer here. While the Cubs haven’t admitted it yet, they’ll need to replace Tucker’s production with someone of similar caliber. Interestingly, they’re not targeting a new or younger player. Instead, the chances are that they’ll revisit a star they had their eye on before.

Their leading target in free agency is likely to be Boston Red Sox’s $110 million star Alex Bregman. The Cubs had chased him earlier during the off-season.

It was before he signed with the Red Sox on a “prove it” contract with a higher

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