Dodgers-Cubs preview: Kyle Tucker faces former club

One 12 months in the past, the Cubs had been on their option to a playoff look with an impressive outfield duo of Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker as two of their greatest contributors. Tucker is now a Dodger, and PCA has had a horrific begin to the 12 months, and but, the Cubs’ offense just isn’t solely surviving all of that however thriving within the face of it—doing so with surprising manufacturing. Their large signing of the offseason, Alex Bregman, has had a pedestrian begin to the 12 months; Seiya Suzuki has hung out on the shelf, and it is the likes of Carson Kelly and Moises Ballesteros doing the heavy lifting for this offense—to not point out the ever-reliable Ian Happ.

As the Dodgers ended up with Tucker, the Cubs discovered themselves subsequent in line, hoping to assist Michael Conforto rediscover his type, and the veteran lefty is off to a good begin as a bench bat/righty specialist. Tucker, alternatively, continues to be on the lookout for his energy stroke, and possibly reconnecting together with his former club will present the required spark to kickstart his season. Assessing his quantity in opposition to Jameson Taillon, who’ll oppose Emmet Sheehan within the first recreation of this sequence, Tucker has one house run and 4 hits in 10 profession at-bats in opposition to him from their days within the American League.

Having scored 4 runs in three video games in a chippy sequence in opposition to the Giants, the Dodgers’ offense as a complete seeks to get again on monitor at house. It’s price mentioning that Taillon has had issues retaining the ball within the yard, permitting six house runs in simply 4 begins.