The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Matt and Ross' LIVE Reaction To Astros Trading Kyle Tucker To Chicago Cubs

Episode Date: December 13, 2024

Matt Thomas and Ross Villarreal of "The Matt Thomas Show with Ross" react to breaking news that the Houston Astros are trading Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for third baseman Isaac Paredes, pitcher Hayden Wesneski and prospect Cam Smith.

We break away from non-flora stories. Oh, no. Hit the sounder. That's one. Go on. Two. Let's keep going. That's three.

Let's one more for the good of the game. Might it even be? Yep. Hit it at this time. Okay. I think you're right. I mean, this is earth-shaking. Even though we knew it was imminent.

And it happened during our show. Suck it, A, team, suck it! It's the last segment of the show. We get no... Damn. We get literally have believe it or not coming up next. We can skip it and take calls. Skip it and take calls.

Yeah, because we have... The topic is Las Vegas. We're going to be here multiple times the next 10 years, so we'll be fine. Yeah, actually some of them... Kyle Tucker to the Cubs for Isak or Isaac, whatever. Isaac Perredes Isak Perrides, Hayden West Necky, Cam Smith, done,

Kyle Teck are gone. Passon said, or who has those three guys? Is Rosenthal? That's Chandler Rome. Okay. Jeff Passon, and I'm going to assume that Ken Rosenthal has it as well. I saw a deal done from Passon. He did not have the

players. Yes, Chandler has the players. Okay. Peridus, Wesnesty, and Cam Smith. Done! Wow. This is what we... Kyle Tucker is a Chicago Cub

and is no longer a Houston Astro. Your reaction. Let's just do it. Let's take a timeout. What's your reaction? What is your reaction? 713, 212, 5-790, 7-1-3-212-5-7-9. Your very first opportunity,

because other stations in town are talking about dumb-ass football right now. I want to talk about the base. This is the biggest offseason trade. The Astros have made since win, Rossi, because they didn't trade for Josh Hater. I mean, well, you, acquisition or trading away?

It would be Verlander, I guess, in 23. Yeah. The biggest sendaway. How about that one? Yeah, I mean, since when? Kyle Tucker for Isaac or E. Isak Paredes, Hayden Westnecky, Cam Smith. 713, 212, 5-790.

What is your reaction? You get the very first opportunity to talk about it. Tucker hits it into the air pretty deep to right field. Here, King Talk. Not the wall looking up. See you later! Do King Things. This is Kyle Tucker. Sports Talk 790. Is your home for Astros baseball.

2-2 again. And Tucker hits it in the year pretty deep to right field. That sends back McKenna. at the wall looking up see you later Kyle Tucker gives the Astros a lead with a grand slam 7 to 6 Houston

100 miles per hour from Batista and more than that from Tucker to right field and the Astros stun him Tucker's fifth grand slam of his career all right let's go we got about six minutes in this show

Oh, Ross, no, we're not doing this, aren't we? Yep. Kyle, King Tuck. Preston's more talented brother. Significantly more talented. Noah. In Mississippi, Noah, Kyle Tucker's gone. Your thoughts, please.

Not dead, but just gone. I don't like it. I don't like it. I feel like our team has just gone completely, just been broken apart. I don't like how we've been spending our money. We let Springer walk because we say we're going to sign Correa. We let Correa walk because we say we're going to have to sign Bregman. Now we haven't signed Breggman yet because we said, oh, we possibly going to sign Tucker.

Tucker has obviously not signed, and I don't know what we're going to do with Bregman. Crane hasn't spent any money. I don't get what his problem is. I get not signing older players for long contracts, but Tucker is a generational player that we actually have. So I just don't get what point is letting him go. You got to put your money where your mouth is. You say the windows open as long as it's easier. It looks like that window's closed.

So that's all I got. I know why you're... I don't even know if Kyle would have gotten a decently blank check. It would have made a difference. I just think he wanted to go somewhere else. I just did. I'm not saying he was unhappy. Just like, you know what?

you sent me to arbitration I'm gonna get you back he got it back and he has spent money Ross that's just that's just a line of thinking that's just not true he may not have spent the money in the best spots but he has spent money he went got a high-end

first baseman we thought Jose Urbrew he went and got a high-end closer who was good not great he went and got Justin Verlinder he's put a lot of money in Jose Altube's piggy bank he put a lot of money in Yorta Navares's piggy bank I mean, this is not a miserly owner, but there is a certain threshold. And that threshold does not include one Kyle Tucker.

Reagan, incline at 152. Hi, Reagan. Hello, how you doing? Good. Beautiful day being Astro fan, huh? I mean, it's a different day, for sure. What is y'all starting lineup right now without Kyle Tucker? I mean, in last year, Dana Brown, he said Kyle Tucker will be an astro for life.

I mean, how does that feel now? That was just, that was lip service. Nobody believed him when he said that, right? You were right. You believe that, right, Reagan? You didn't believe it, did you? Yeah, yeah, of course. Okay, okay.

And I also found out Kyle Tucker's wife, she's from Chicago. go. If you're going to get a hometown discount now? No. There's no more hometown discounts. Thanks for the phone call. Parades, by the way, may be your first basement extra sports, are you ready for that? Sure, why not? That's an upgrade. Or is he going to play? Where is he plays? Third base, first base?

You couldn't put the first base, the first base contributions last year just weren't good enough. They just weren't, right? I mean, let's pay face facts. You had to get an upgrade there. Ronnie and Lake Jackson Say your farewells to Kyle Tucker Sure will Matt appreciate y'all taking the call And I'm glad it broke on your show

Fantastic Thank you But listen You have no outfield You have no outfield now You had one legitimate outfielder That was a presence on the team Now you have none

And they're evidently not just And I haven't kept up with the National League Since we went to the American League So I'm not sure who these people are, but you gave away the only contributing outfielder you had. You got two center filters that can hit a buck 50, can run into walls and catch a ball, can't throw, can't hit. This just sucks. Sucks all the way around. Thank you. Pardon me, Ross says this is happening today when it could have happened a year from now. Does that make any sense to you?

Yeah, it hurts. And I mean, we can hear the callers that we've ran through here really quickly. that your team is not better for 2024. They're not. But you're hoping that the team is better for 25, 26. Because, and all indications are... Yeah. I'm sorry, 26, 27, excuse me. Yeah, yeah.

Clearly, the indication from Dana Brown and the Astros was that Kyle Tucker was not going to stay here. So you had to do something. It wasn't... This is not a premature move on the Astros. part. This is getting ahead of it. Frank, and I know you don't want to hear that. It's getting ahead of it. It just is.

West and Humble. 155. West, good afternoon. Take about to Kyle Tucker. Hey, man. Let me give you some sanity talk here. Look, 10 and 15-year contracts in the Major League Baseball are stupid. And Kyle's going to want a 10-year contract. If you waited until next year, you would have got less.

Cam Smith is the number seven prospect in the Cubs system. Ferretti's at 238, 19. and 80 last year, which is similar to what Bregman did, you know. So maybe there's a sign that they're going to ship Paredes to first and bring Bregman to third, keep Bregman to third. But I agree with the last caller. We need help in the outfield.

And I don't think they're done. So everybody needs to kind of step back from the ledge, let Dana Brown work. You were going to lose Tucker next year anyway. There you go, Wes. Thank you. That's a good song, too. Gosh. We wish you a happy weekend. Ross will get you on Monday.

For more on this, I'll have you for rockets and thunder tomorrow. Tuck, it's been real, my man. King Tuck, no longer in Houston.