Kyle Tucker doesn't seem interested in extension talks with the Cubs

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00:00He could not sound less enthused about being in Chicago for one year and he's only here

00:06because he got traded here and he's renting and he's not buying. This is Kyle Tucker who sounded

00:14like a guy that is going to bet on himself, get big numbers and play the market and see what he's

00:22worth on the open market and I guess everyone should be so lucky to have that kind of opportunity.

00:27If they offered him $500 million tomorrow, which I don't think is realistic, I don't

00:31think he would take it. That's absurd to think, but I think he sounded like a guy who wants

00:37to test the market. It didn't sound really that excited. At the same time, then you take

00:43a step back, you take a deep breath and you realize you're Kyle Tucker and you're playing

00:48in your fourth game at Wrigley Field and it's 34 degrees outside and it feels like it's

00:5118. You grew up in Florida, didn't he? Is he a Florida man as well? And I think that

00:57yeah, I might not sound as enthused about spending the rest of my life at Wrigley Field either.

01:02I'm just wondering if the conclusion is that the price is going to go up no matter what.

01:07And when he said, when he came here first, oh yeah, you know, if they want to negotiate,

01:13I'll negotiate with them. Was that just language? Was that totally insincere?

01:17Yeah, I think it was. You're not a Boris guy. It's not like he's looking for every

01:21nickel on the table, but you heard him yesterday and oh boy, if I were a Cub fan, that might

01:30have driven me to drink. It was like he brought a spring coat to work and he figured out how

01:35cold it was and he didn't want to be here. But he literally said, well, I'm here with

01:39the Cubs this year and I'll play here. You know, he was like, holy cow. I thought like

01:46the magic of Wrigley was going to work. Maybe it will, but that is not started now. And I

01:52didn't get the sense. Is 500 million, is that his number? Because it might go up. It might

02:00go up. So I don't know that even if they offered it to him, they could get it done.

02:04I just, that lack of enthusiasm is good. And I get it. That's who he is.

02:09Not a very enthusiastic guy. That's just how he lives.

02:11Just really happy to be here.