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Kyle Tucker‘s rough stretch at the plate is getting harder to ignore, even with the Dodgers playing well as a team. Fabian Ardaya at The New York Times flagged Tucker’s struggles as one of the key storylines worth tracking in his latest Dodgers notebook, alongside the club’s overall hot streak and Roki Sasaki‘s velocity gains.

Tucker came to Los Angeles as one of the biggest acquisitions of the offseason, a move that signaled the Dodgers were serious about building the most complete lineup in baseball. He’d established himself as one of the American League’s premier outfielders during his time with the Houston Astros, combining elite bat-to-ball skills, legitimate power, and above-average defense in left field. His 2023 season — .284/.369/.532 with 29 home runs — was the kind of production that made him a franchise-caliber piece, and his performance in high-leverage postseason moments only added to his reputation. The Dodgers paid a premium to get him, and the expectation was that he’d slot in as a middle-of-the-order force from day one.

That’s what makes the current slump so notable. Tucker is not a hitter who typically goes through prolonged dry spells. Throughout his career in Houston, he was remarkably consistent, rarely stringing together stretches where he looked lost at the plate. When a hitter of his caliber goes cold, the natural question is whether something mechanical is off, whether there’s a nagging physical issue he’s playing through, or whether it’s simply the kind of variance that every hitter endures over a 162-game season. For now, I’d lean toward the latter — Tucker’s track record is too strong to hit any panic buttons — but it’s absolutely something to monitor as June gets underway.

The good news for the Dodgers is that the rest of the roster has been carrying the load. The club is rolling right now, and that buys Tucker some breathing room to work through this without the pressure of the team needing him to be the difference between winning and losing on a nightly basis. That’s the luxury of having the depth this roster has — when one guy goes quiet, others pick up the slack.

Still, the Dodgers didn’t bring Tucker here to be a passenger. They need him right, and they need him producing like the hitter we all know he is. If this lineup is going to reach its ceiling — and I think it can — Tucker finding his swing is a big part of that equation. I’m not worried yet. But I am watching closely.

Source(s): Fabian Ardaya (The New York Times) | First reported: June 1, 2026 2:43 AM UTC

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