Kyle

Tucker

Tucker’s homer off Zac Gallen left his bat at 107.8 mph, which is a new season high for him. He came into the night in a 3-for-29 slump after looking pretty good for most of May, he hit .283/.419/.517 in a three-week span from May 4-24.

Tucker remains stuck on four homers, but he’s up to two triples and 14 doubles in 51 games. He’s batting .268/.391/.479 with 14 runs scored and 11 RBI in 21 games this month.

The Dodgers outscored the Angels 21-3 in a Freeway Series sweep. They scored their 10 runs today despite collecting just one extra-base hit, that being Tucker’s two-run double. It’s Tucker’s first three-RBI game of the year. He’s batting .300/.410/.500 in 15 games this month.

Tucker will get a day off even with right-hander José Soriano on the bump for the Angels. The 29-year-old will rest with Alex Call starting in right field and hitting eighth.

Tucker’s fourth homer as a Dodger traveled an estimated 376 feet and put the Dodgers up front by a 4-2 score. He drove in the first run of the game for Los Angeles in the first inning with an infield single. Tucker appears to be seeing the baseball better, and should continue to see significant improvement to his .242/.325/.386 slash. Again, it’s important to keep in mind that Tucker has overcome slow starts in more than one of his campaigns.

Tucker has his first big moment for the Dodgers. The 29-year-old came up with two outs and the bases loaded with the Marlins trailing 4-3, and he laced a single up the middle to score a pair to give Los Angeles the win. Tucker has not gotten off to a hot start as seen in his .230/.326/.364 line, but he’s been one of baseball’s best hitters for the past decade or so despite rarely playing his best in the early portion of the season. There’s very little reason to think he won’t get it going shortly.

“I think that he’s obviously going through it right now and not feeling great at the plate. So sometimes, the different visual, letting the game come to you a little bit before jumping in there in the two, changes your outlook and potentially the results,” Roberts said about moving Tucker down the order. Tucker isn’t exactly struggling at .245/.327/.372, with three homers and three steals, but the Dodgers were hoping for more when he signed his megadeal that pays him $33 million this year and $81 million in 2027 before team options are considered. It’s not a major move for fantasy managers, and arguably even a favorable one given more chances to hit with a runner on base.

Tucker, who went 3-for-5 with his third round-tripper of the season on Sunday, receives his first day off since April 5 with Colorado throwing veteran lefty Jose Quintana at Coors Field. Alex Call gets a chance to patrol right field in his place.

Tucker gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead with a homer in the first with Shohei Ohtani on first off Ryan Feltner. After scuffling in his first few weeks as a Dodger, he’s back to raking, and his slash of .260/.356/.403 is much more impressive considering it was .246/.343/.316 last week. Tucker usually gets off to a slow start, and more times than not, he ends up one of the top outfielders in fantasy baseball.

Ohtani will get a break from hitting for precautionary reasons due to a minor right shoulder issue. The two-way sensation has gone 0-for-7 at the plate in a pair of contests since being hit by a pitch on the right shoulder during Monday’s series opener against the Mets. The Dodgers are going to allow him to focus exclusively on pitching during Wednesday’s start at Dodger Stadium. It’s the first time he’s pitched without being in the lineup since 2021. Blockbuster offseason acquisition Kyle Tucker ascends to the leadoff spot with rookie catcher Dalton Rushing getting a turn at DH in his place.