{"id":38842,"date":"2025-09-23T21:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T01:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kyle-tucker-returns-to-the-cubs-ready-to-play\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T21:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T01:04:41","slug":"kyle-tucker-returns-to-the-cubs-ready-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/kyle-tucker-returns-to-the-cubs-ready-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Tucker Returns to the Cubs: Ready to Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kyle Tucker Re-joins the Chicago Cubs<\/h2>\n\nChicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker rejoined the team on Tuesday after receiving additional treatment in Florida for a left calf injury.\n\nTucker, who is a four-time All-Star, left the team in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the same day the Cubs clinched their first playoff berth since 2020.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;I feel a little better, whether it&#8217;s from a couple of extra days or the additional treatment,&#8221; Tucker said. &#8220;Obviously, there are probably a few more things I need to check before everyone is comfortable with me being on the field.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>Kyle Tucker<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nTucker hasn&#8217;t played since September 2nd. Manager Craig Counsell indicated that he will be used as a designated hitter initially once he returns.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;ve made progress, no doubt,&#8221; Counsell said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to treat this day by day as much as we can and just try to have good days. There&#8217;s a time urgency here, no doubt.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>Craig Counsell<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Cubs acquired Tucker in December. He avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract for $16.5 million. This season, he&#8217;s batting .270 with 22 home runs and 73 RBIs in 133 games.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Tucker Re-joins the Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker rejoined the team on Tuesday after receiving additional treatment in Florida for a left calf injury. Tucker, who is a four-time All-Star, left the team in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the same day the Cubs clinched their first playoff berth since 2020. &#8220;I feel a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[312,290,7482,405],"class_list":{"0":"post-38842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mlb","7":"tag-cubs","8":"tag-injury","9":"tag-kyle-tucker","10":"tag-playoff"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}