The Los Angeles Dodgers have turn out to be the team everybody likes to hate as a result of they’ve adopted a easy blueprint.
Whereas each different group in MLB shies away from spending, they don’t seem to be afraid to write down massive checks. That has gotten them a video game-like lineup, together with four-time All-Star Kyle Tucker, their newest big-name addition. Nevertheless, the previous Houston Astros star hasn’t seemed like his common self in La La Land, hitting simply .235 with 4 dwelling runs.
That is why, after one other disappointing outing, supervisor Dave Roberts lastly needed to handle the elephant within the room.
Dave Roberts addresses Kyle Tucker’s struggles with the Dodgers
“I wouldn’t say disenchanted,” Roberts said, per Jack Harris of the New York Put up. “I might say I’m in all probability simply hoping that there’s some traction for him and for our sake. He’s working onerous. There’s a day the place it appears like he’s again and feeling comfy. Then a pair days the place you have a look at him and it appears like he’s looking out once more. For me, you simply hope he can discover one thing that sticks.”
The Dodgers hoped that Tucker would deliver some much-needed left-handed energy on the plate, but he is posted a .715 OPS. He was one of many largest fish in free company this offseason, but he hasn’t lived as much as the expectations and his lofty $240 million contract.
That mentioned, it is not just like the Dodgers have struggled due to his inconsistency. They’re six video games forward of the remainder of the pack within the NL West, and their 39 wins are the second most in MLB behind solely the Atlanta Braves (41).
That ought to solely be a scary thought for the remainder of the league, as they have not even gotten the perfect model of one of many deadliest lefty power-hitters within the recreation. As soon as they do, it may be over for the remainder of the mortals.
