The Los Angeles Dodgers are predicted to be among the teams who will be going in on a chance to sign outfielder Kyle Tucker this offseason.
LA is looking as strong as ever given the fact that they are four wins away from becoming baseball’s first back-to-back champions in a quarter century, but the outfield was easily the weakest part of the Dodgers’ offense this season.
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MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand linked the Dodgers, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Philadelphia Phillies to the slugging outfielder, and there is quite a case for each team.
Tucker, a four-time All-Star, finished last season hitting .266 with an OPS of .841, adding 22 home runs and 75 RBIs. He didn’t have his best stats in 2025, but dealt with a hairline fracture in his hand suffered in June and a calf strain in September.
With Michael Conforto being brought in on a one-year, $17 million deal, he proved to be one of the biggest disappointments for LA. The veteran had a slash line of .199/.305/.333 and an OPS of .637, adding his lowest home run total (12) and RBI total (36) since the COVID-impacted 2020 season.
Teoscar Hernández, despite being electrifying in the postseason thus far (four home runs and an .888 OPS), had a down year during regular season play.
The right fielder hit .247 this season, his lowest batting average since 2019 as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. His OPS+ of 103 was also the lowest it has been since that same season. Although Hernández had a career-best 33 home runs season in 2024, it was followed by an underwhelming mark of 25 this season, which is nothing to bat an eye at, but still the 33-year-old’s lowest since 2022.
Defensively, Hernández is unimpressive with an Outs Above Average ranking in just the third percentile of MLB (-9). Conforto isn’t much better, grading out in the fifth percentile of Outs Above Average (-8).
Although Tucker wouldn’t be acquired for his defense, he ranks in the 26th percentile in that regard.
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DO NOT sign a former Trashtro! Get Jarren Duran instead!