Giants among suitors for slugger seeking $500 million deal originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

There are some rather big-name free agents on the board for the San Francisco Giants to pursue this winter, but none are bigger than Kyle Tucker. It remains uncertain if the Giants would truly be in the market for someone like Tucker, but some believe it could happen due to the obvious need for more talent and the Giants’ pursuit of some of the top players on the market in recent years.

When predicting where the top free agents in baseball will head this winter, Will Laws of SI linked Tucker to the Giants, but also added that he could be looking for $500 million.

“Tucker will be aiming for a $500 million contract after he made his fourth consecutive All-Star team this year. His potential is tantalizing; in 2023, Tucker was one home run short of joining Jeff Bagwell and Carlos Beltrán as the only Astros to record a 30–30 season.

“However, he’s missed more than 100 games due to injuries over the last two seasons and has yet to hit more than 30 homers. Chicago traded a strong package to the Astros to acquire Tucker for what Cubs fans hoped would be more than one season, but history says once a player of his caliber reaches the open market, he ends up changing addresses,” he wrote.

Five hundred million dollars for Tucker would be an overpay, and it’d be a bit surprising at this point to see him even come close to that. There’s a possibility he can get $400 million, but even that might be a bit of a reach at this point.