Kyle Tucker is one of only five players to post a 4.0 WAR or better each of the past five seasons, and the others are all superstars: Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts and José Ramírez.
Think about that. Even Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. didn’t do it.
Tucker is undoubtedly one of the majors’ very best players.
Which brings us to today’s pop quiz: Why the heck are the Mets trying so hard for yet another superstar right fielder who hits left-handed?
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
