Revealed Blue Jays offer to Kyle Tucker gives Dodgers fans even more reason to gloat

For all of their very public interest in Kyle Tucker, both the Blue Jays and Dodgers managed to avoid leaks about their offers to him so well, it was almost impressive. The Dodgers wanted short-term and the Blue Jays were willing to go long, but while FanSided insider Robert Murray was able to get the scoop on the Mets' $50 million a year offer, no one really knew where the Dodgers or Blue Jays stood.

Whatever Toronto offered ceased to matter when Tucker agreed to four years and $240 million with the Dodgers, but it was weird that their offer managed to stay completely under wraps even days after he made his decision.

Dodgers fans definitely wanted to see that offer, if only to have even more ammo to clown on the Blue Jays with.

Per Jon Heyman, it was 10 years and $350 million, confirming the rumor that Toronto was willing to give Tucker a place to finish out his career — but Tucker clearly had other priorities in mind. A $35 million AAV is absolutely nothing to sneeze at, but doesn't end up exercising any of his opt-outs, he'll need just four years to make 69% of what he would've made in a decade with the Blue Jays.

Blue Jays' leaked offer to Kyle Tucker clarifies his decision to join the Dodgers

2026 is Tucker's age-29 season, so he could plausibly spend all of his next four years in LA and go back onto the market at 33, no longer in the absolute prime of his career but still a serviceable bat. He might be able to make up the $110 million difference between the Dodgers' and Blue Jays' offers, and in less than the decade Toronto was offering.

It's just good business, really. Wherever Tucker goes next is sure to be his forever home, but he still has years and a lot of baseball to play before he needs to settle down.

Both him and Bo Bichette, who signed a three-year, $126 million deal with the Mets on the heels of Tucker's signing, must've been thinking along those lines. It stands to reason that Cody Bellinger, who's a year older than Tucker and two years older than Bichette and has been around the league a bit, would be adamant about ensuring his place with the Yankees until he retires.

Tucker didn't need to worry about that when he took the Dodgers' offer. His prime perfectly aligns with LA's, and it's more likely than not that he'll find a number of takers when his time in LA is over. The Blue Jays can try again then.