Former Houston outfielder and three-time All-Star Kyle Tucker posed for a photograph at a training facility in an unknown location Tuesday, standing next to a player Houston hopes will emerge as its next star at the hot corner.

While adding a top-of-the-market run-producer in Kyle Tucker, the Cubs have also cut their payroll by $60 million. They dropped 12 veterans who produced only 2.3 fWAR.

Baseball insider Keith Law discusses how the Cubs not coming to terms on a 2025 salary with recently acquired OF Kyle Tucker will impact his future with the team.

The Cubs and newly acquired OF Kyle Tucker could not come to an agreement on a salary for 2025, per a source. The Cubs filed at $15 mil. Tucker's camp at $17.5 mil. The Cubs acquired Tucker on Dec. 13 in one of the biggest trades of the MLB offseason so far.