Dodgers Land Kyle Tucker: What The Blockbuster Deal Means For Fantasy Baseball

Kyle Tucker is headed to Los Angeles aft agreeing to a four-year, $240 cardinal woody pinch nan Dodgers, instantly adding different MVP-caliber bat to baseball’s deepest lineup and altering nan imagination scenery for 2026 drafts. The move gives Tucker a premium run-producing situation astatine Dodger Stadium and positions him for a imaginable rebound backmost toward his 2023 ceiling.

OF Kyle Tucker, Los Angeles Dodgers (NFBC ADP – 17)

Over nan past 2 seasons, Tucker has grounded to attack his breakout twelvemonth successful 2023 (.284/97/29/112/30 complete 574 at-bats).

He played good complete his first 60 games (.266/42/19/40/10 complete 214 at-bats) successful 2024, putting him connected gait for profession highs successful runs (108) and location runs (49) pinch 103 RBIs pinch 550 at-bats. Over this stretch, he had much walks (46) than strikeouts (41). Unfortunately, what looked for illustration a insignificant little limb rumor successful early June turned into 3 months connected nan wounded list. His bat shined again complete his last 18 games (23-for-63 pinch 14 runs, 4 location runs, and 9 RBIs), but Tucker only stole 1 base.

Last season, he played astatine a precocious level successful April (.279/26/7/27/8 complete 122 at-bats), which carried complete his first 3 months (.291/61/17/52/20 complete 313 at-bats). Tucker mislaid his plaything complete his adjacent 187 at-bats (.225/30/5/21/5) while missing 21 games successful September pinch a calf issue.

His locomotion complaint (14.6) has been an area of spot complete nan past 2 seasons, and he is still challenging to strikeout (14.7%). Tucker posted a five-year debased successful his mean deed complaint (1.744), but remains successful immoderate areas to present 30+ location runs pinch 550 at-bats. He came to nan sheet pinch 336 runners connected base, good beneath his champion 3 seasons (405, 406, and 468).

Tucker posted a profession debased hard-hit complaint (40.2%) and HR/FB complaint (11.8%), pinch a measurement backmost successful his exit velocity (90.1) and tube complaint (10.8%). He continues to person a flyball plaything way (44.8%) and a location run-inducing motorboat perspective (17.2).

Kyle Tucker 2026 Fantasy Baseball Outlook

Based connected his approach, Tucker has nan accomplishment group to station a high-floor five-category play (.275/90/30/90/25), pinch much upside, acknowledgment to nan Dodgers signing him for $240 cardinal for four-seasons. His value constituent is fair, and I don’t spot overmuch emergence successful his ADP aft Tucker signs a caller contract. Even pinch caller injuries and flimsy declines successful difficult contact, Tucker profiles arsenic a safe second-round cornerstone pinch morganatic first-round upside if wellness cooperates and his powerfulness metrics recover.

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