Kyle Tucker’s regular season was rough enough to leave a mark, but his October surge was strong enough to earn him a place on MLB’s All-Postseason Team.
The Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder was one of the biggest disappointments in the regular season after signing a $60 million contract and being counted on in a supposed Dodgers super-lineup. Tucker posted what was described as his worst season since his rookie year, finishing at .233/.330/.385 with 17 home runs and a league-average 100 wRC+. He was worth just 0.9 fWAR, and the underlying numbers told the same story: less hard contact, more strikeouts than usual, and fewer walks than he normally draws.
That kind of season would have been hard to square for a player who had become a near-automatic All-Star selection and was routinely viewed as one of the top 20 players in the league. But the late-season turnaround changed the tone around him. Tucker caught fire in the final month and carried that swing into October.
In eight playoff games, he logged 31 plate appearances and hit .333/.419/.519. He added one home run, scored four runs, drove in two, and stole two bases. By the end of the postseason, he had a case as the Dodgers’ best player in the run.
That performance is what landed him the All-Postseason Team recognition from MLB.com.
“To his credit, Tucker put a lost regular season behind him and looked at his best in the postseason - ironic, too, considering how the rest of L.A.’s high-powered lineup slumped around him,” Jared Greenspan wrote for MLB.com.
Now the focus shifts to what comes next for Tucker and the Dodgers. They’ll have time to regroup, sort through what went wrong, and try to avoid another letdown in the regular season. Tucker’s October showing didn’t erase the slump that came before it, but a strong 2027 season would go a long way toward pushing that down year out of the conversation.
After the season, Tucker also thanked Dodgers fans for sticking with the team.
“Through every high and low, thank you to our fans for riding with us all season, Tucker wrote. “We appreciate the love and support more than you know. This isn’t the end - we’ll be back.”
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