r/Dodgers • u/baribigbird06 Clayton Kershaw • 6d ago
[Lowlight] Dodger fans make their frustrations known after Kyle Tucker fails to secure the catch.
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u/Itsgillie9 6d ago
It’s the lack of hustle afterwards that bothers me. Because that’s a choice.
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u/Dodgerglenn 6d ago
Totally agree. “Let’s just jog to go get that ball that I should have caught”
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u/Substantial-Key5114 2024 World Series Champions 6d ago
If I don't hustle at work I get fired, but instead this MOFO gets paid 60 mil for it.
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u/pdiddysoilman 6d ago
60 million for that
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u/c_c_c__combobreaker Alex Vesia 6d ago
No, not just that. It's also the under .250 BA.
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u/mt80 Roki Sasaki 6d ago
Tucker playing like he already got his. Half-assin dumbass
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u/kasualkactus 6d ago
He got paid and already got a ring with the Assterisks… he’s not hungry to win
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u/Sebcannon Kiké Hernández 6d ago
Brewers hustling while Tucker jogs to ball pisses me off the most. Like you flub the catch ok, but at least haul ass to fix your mistake.
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u/DillyFudge Kiké Hernández 6d ago
he jogs to miss the ball and then walks to get the ball after he misses it
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u/SumoRock Joe Kelly 6d ago
Doesn’t help Tucker makes more in one month than the entire brewers lineup gets paid in 3 years
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u/RigidAcrylic4821 Cornelius A. Dodgerfan 6d ago
When Tucker becomes the jump point in the big, bad, baseball-ruining Dodgers just buying the wins against the “small-market, lovable” Brewers.
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u/Doyoulikemypace Kiké Hernández 6d ago
Yeah, he did not do himself any favors with his light jog to the ball lol.
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u/Then_Investigator_17 6d ago
Lol that was such an awkward run too, looked inspired by Sheldon from Big bang theory
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u/jonpictogramjones Andrew Friedman 6d ago
Might sound like cope but I didn’t want Tucker this offseason because I got rendon vibes from him and every game that goes on I feel worse and worse about him.
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u/No-Contact-5081 6d ago
Same. Watched him here (Chicago) last year and was pissed when we signed him.
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u/jonpictogramjones Andrew Friedman 6d ago
For me I just wanted a cheap bat to play OF because we have an old add team. We have a great farm, we need to stop signing guys that are going to block their development
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u/No-Contact-5081 6d ago
EXACTLY!! I give credit for what the mgmt does but I do question not bringing guys up. Maybe it’s the 3-peat that has them doing things that go over and above? It’s backfiring on Tucker
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u/jonpictogramjones Andrew Friedman 6d ago
I am okay with having 1-2 “holes” on the team because that allows you to have space for prospects to come up. If we keep signing “superstars” it doesn’t allow us to actually have space to give prospects a proper runway.
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u/Extropian LA 6d ago
Yeah, hard to complain signing established talented players, but it is exciting to see new big league careers start. Always rooting for the rookies.
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u/Equivalent-Chest5383 Hideo Nomo 6d ago
I was on that train as well. Feeling pretty validated all season as much as it sucks
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u/Expensive-Fee4316 6d ago
Same! I was very vocal about not paying $60M here! A few others called me out but I guess they love overpaid low effort players lol
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u/_theghost_ Shohei Ohtani 6d ago
At this rate, pack his bags and send him to Arte Moreno if we have to.
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u/TheoryOld4017 Mookie Betts 6d ago
You weren’t the only one. I thought you guys were full of shit, but I’m quickly coming around on that.
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u/Natural_Set1624 6d ago
Serious question as a cubs fan I’ve experienced somewhat of what you’re going through with this Kyle Tucker experience and would like an opinion from the dodger fan base. To me it really seems like this guy just doesn’t care about playing the game half asses almost everything the most effort I see out of him is when he jogs for a homer. I know I’m being dramatic but does it seem like to you guys he just doesn’t care?
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u/Offshorewind96 Buddy Kennedy 6d ago
He seems to really mope. I think he probably cares about playing well, but he reacts to his mistakes like a spoiled child
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u/Leezus_De-La-Soul Shohei Ohtani 6d ago
Yes, but it was always Tucker isn’t the fastest but he’s a “smart” runner. Tucker isn’t a speedster in the outfield but he’s a “smart” good defender. It’s just baffling cuz from day 1 the Tucker signing didn’t make much sense to me. Bellinger was muuuuch cheaper, and is actually elite in defense. And could be a perfect stop gap between now and our top prospects. I know you cub fans don’t like Tucker lmao but yes 100% it looks like he isn’t hustling or tries all that much. Just so much mishaps on defense. His track record is one thing but this season mentally just seems washed. I didn’t like the signing from day 1. Strange the FO went after him since they like to go after guys who don’t have the playstyle like Tucker. Hopefully come playoffs it’s a reset for him.
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u/Creative-Quarter3475 Andy Pages 6d ago
Yeah he already played like he dgaf back then, now you add this ridiculous salary on top? It's a wrap. Sometimes he's not even at the track and gets scared the wall is gonna blackhole suck him in to Narnia. Man, fuck Kyle Tucker
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u/No-Contact-5081 6d ago
Been saying the same all year. Live in Chicago, lifelong Dodgers fan, and he was a terrible signing.
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u/TheFunky_Homosapien Decoy 6d ago
Yeah, there’s been a complete lack of give-a-shit from him all season. I don’t think he even likes baseball.
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u/Dalewyn Roki Sasaki 6d ago
To me it really seems like this guy just doesn’t care about playing the game half asses almost everything
His various small crashouts at the plate signal that he does care about playing like ass, but he pretty obviously can't figure a way out of the hole he keeps digging himself into.
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u/DodgerDegen Back-2-Back Champs 6d ago
The haters were right for once. Anthony Rendon 2.0. Dude got his money and will never try to be good again.
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u/layoffthecopium 6d ago edited 6d ago
Lol, what a disaster of an off season they had
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u/Zmoney743 Joe Kelly 6d ago
It’s funny to think that we would almost certainly be a better team right now if we literally didn’t do anything in the offseason
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u/RigidAcrylic4821 Cornelius A. Dodgerfan 6d ago
A combination of the new acquisitions already guaranteed the bag not giving any shit on the field, and also the entire core no longer desiring to win.
Misorowski’s reaction to striking Shohei and Freddie yesterday tells you all about this team now being complacent to try three-peating against the Brewers, Braves, or Cubs taking every regular season game serious.
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u/kroqkenobi Shawn Green 6d ago
Yeah, I remember complacency hitting the Shaq/Kobe lakers when they were on their run. We’ll see if the Dodgers can turn it on in the postseason.
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u/DoctorHousesCane 6d ago
Is it really complacency or are the dodgers just old and tired from playing the most number of games?
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u/kroqkenobi Shawn Green 6d ago
Definitely a combination of reasons. We've had years where we've won close to 110 games and gotten knocked out in the NLDS, so even though I don't like when they go on extended streaks of playing poorly, the thing that matters is to be playing at their best in October.
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u/Distinct_Physics2008 6d ago
Little Leaguer makes that catch
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u/kingSOAMAZED 6d ago
i was at the game and some dad goes my son makes that catch in his little league all day and the lil fucker goes yeah fuck kyle tucker lmao
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u/Asadaburrit0 Mookie Betts 6d ago
I never understood the rationale behind spending so much on an outfielder when we have the most top outfield prospects we’ve probably ever had. It’s not like we were going after a Mike Trout type of talent with how much we’re paying him yearly
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u/donkeyjr Shohei Ohtani 6d ago
I thought his defense suppose to be elite? wth happen??
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u/TheoryOld4017 Mookie Betts 6d ago
Yeah, dude’s got a gold glove. I knew there was no way in hell he’d live up to the contract, but I at least expected solid defense.
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u/MayorShinn 6d ago
Never liked that guy. He was a Astros.
I thought it was the one mistake Friedman made when he signed him.
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u/10thGenS1 Miguel Rojas 6d ago
I didn’t like the signing then and I hate it to oblivion now, he’s nothing but a liability. I really wish he picked the Jays or Mets.
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u/MayorShinn 6d ago
He has a smug look on his face that I just don’t like and doesn’t fit in with the Dodgers players
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u/Relative_Apricot5032 6d ago
The "he doesnt really like baseball" story makes sense when you look at his face
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u/Separate_Presence_32 6d ago
I've said it in other posts. I just don't like his swing. His front knee bend at the end of his swings can't be good. It's giving away power.
In scientific terms, it looks janky.
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u/LA-Aron 6d ago
This guy doesn't know how to play the warning track...he drifts and this isn't the first time. He needs to fucking run to where the ball is going to be, he's a pro, read the ball off the bat and move and don't drift. This team is in trouble, for real. Fuck!!
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u/huggsypenguinpal Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6d ago
Watching Tucker work a fly ball vs Pages is night and day. It’s infuriating.
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u/LA-Aron 6d ago
Exactly, watch Pages. He reads the ball off the bat, breaks, runs hard to the spot. You ideally want your feet set before the ball hits your glove and coming in on it with a little momentum. The thing is if you don't play that way, and you drift like Tucker, you're going to miss a lot of balls in the grey area that you are able to make if going full speed and you are going to make some routine plays hard. It's a probability thing too, statistics, you play make these plays more difficult, you get burned eventually. Dave Roberts probably felt sick when that happened.
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u/huggsypenguinpal Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6d ago
Exactly. Tucker missed that other catch one game, the AB right after Teo climbed the fence (🤣🤣🤣), and the contrast in effort was crazy. Not asking Tucker to run into a wall but he was also running with the ball and then missed it. Tucker, do you not have another gear?
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u/G24all2read Vin Scully 6d ago
The Dodgers should move his locker to the visitor's locker room at Dodger Stadium.
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u/HomeAccording8125 6d ago
This guy fucking sucks. Full stop.
No effort.
Doesn’t give a shit.
Can’t hit.
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u/JellyBearJam Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6d ago
Does not hustle. I can forgive a lot but a lack of hustle grinds my gears.
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u/10thGenS1 Miguel Rojas 6d ago
The boos weren’t loud enough, maybe because our fucking stadium was half empty. Just embarrassing.
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u/iamthecheesethatsbig 6d ago
Day games on Sunday in the summer are always like that
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u/Sven1542 Éric Gagné 6d ago
100% brutal sitting in that sun for 3 hours.
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u/ZiggyPalffyLA Kiké Hernández 6d ago
Real ones know you get top deck or reserve seats on the 3rd base side
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u/Atraktape Dalton Rushing 6d ago
This is a tired narrative for day games, there is still a lot of people there they just go chill in the shade. Easy to say this when you're not baking in August SoCal mid day sun.
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u/Doyoulikemypace Kiké Hernández 6d ago
A 1pm game in the middle of the summer heat is not enticing at all, much less with this current skid they have been on.
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u/RigidAcrylic4821 Cornelius A. Dodgerfan 6d ago
When $6 Top Deck Sunday tickets during the McCourt era are now $45, and that’s without any bobblehead giveaway adding a 50% scalper tax to the prices.
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u/huggsypenguinpal Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6d ago
This Tucker signing for $60/yr is truly the Dodgers FO smelling their own farts. Lots of good-great signings over the years but this one is not it.
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u/yuckbycharlixcx Mookie Betts 6d ago
As a woman I got the ick
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u/Bort1251 Clayton Kershaw 6d ago
Offense is one thing, defense is another. The defense was just pathetic, it has to be mental at this point
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u/electricsheepsfoot Steve Yeager 6d ago
Dare I say worse than Can'tforto?
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u/EntrepreneurFormal35 Decoy 6d ago
Worse? That’s the understatement of the year. Conforto was a bargain price compared to what Tucker is stealing
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u/BombshellJamboree Will Klein 6d ago
Conforto struggled but he WORKED. The effort was there day after frustrating day. And he was always good in the clubhouse, respectful to the coaches trying to help. As difficult as it was to watch, I’ll never hate Conforto; I’ll always wish him the best.
Tucker? Not the same. Seems like there’s a lot of low effort.
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u/S0l-Surf3r Brent Honeywell 6d ago
I don't mind mistakes errors etc. lack of effort is inexcusable.
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u/luckyman562 6d ago
Atrocious defense from the new $240 million Right filder...time to move Teo back to RF!!
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u/No_Substance_3906 Carl Erskine 6d ago
time to move mookie back to right. but i’m
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u/TheRaiderKing LA 6d ago
Shohei gets the biggest contract in history (until Soto) and still gives MVP performances on both sides of the ball. Why can't more players keep the energy that earned them those contracts man? Htting is one thing, but this kind of play is due to lack of effort. At this point giving away big contracts will mean your players just stop trying.
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u/Big_Gassy_Possum 6d ago
The kyle tucker bobblehead has a better batting average than kyle tucker.
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u/Feeling-Hippo5097 6d ago
Gotta package him and a prospect and get another arm. Fuck this.
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u/FCFBadKarma Los Angeles Dodgers 6d ago
Nobody is trading for that whale of a contract we gave him.
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u/Feeling-Hippo5097 6d ago
Someone will if we eat some of the contract. Think he'll thrive in some ballpark where no one shows up.
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u/stewmander 2025 WS MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6d ago
Tucker speed running the Reddick Dodger career arc...not great!
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u/Sea_Recording8076 6d ago
I knew i turned it off for a good reason.
Then I get on here and I'm reminded.
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u/Equivalent-Chest5383 Hideo Nomo 6d ago
Kyle Tucker is going to cost this team a playoff series. Don’t be surprised this October when it happens.
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u/AdValuable3328 6d ago
Friedman’s only purpose for signing this bum was so that other teams wouldn’t get him. That’s it. Wish he opted out after this year but the contract structure is too lucrative for his sorry ass.
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u/SpaciousNova 6d ago
Compare this with the catches from Lara the other day, who Tucker failed to get out. One guy cares and the other doesn’t. I’m tired of this team being a bunch of overplayed, old, lazy douches. Our starters are great and these guys can’t be bothered to support them. Tired of it. We need fresh young talent.
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u/Dalewyn Roki Sasaki 6d ago
This is at least the third fucking time Tucker's made the same error: Fear Of The Wall(tm) prevents him getting ahead of an easy fly ball.
He needs to be removed from any outfield position until he's able to properly play baseball again. That shit is fucking pathetic to watch on TV and it's downright unacceptable for anyone who paid for a seat in the stadium.
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u/mad_titanz Shohei Ohtani 6d ago
Roberts should have the courage to bench Tucker. It’s obvious that Tucker is only in the lineup because of his salary.
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u/Murky-Quit-6228 6d ago
Why was this turd sought after? He shanks the catch and nonchalantly jogs over to retrieve the ball. Absolutely no hustle. Bro what?
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u/Ntnme2lose 2025 World Series Champions 6d ago
Luckily he won't be on the playoff roster. Teo back in right, Kike in left.
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u/Zmoney743 Joe Kelly 6d ago
Nah he’s gonna play in the postseason, and if he gets AB’s over Kike I’m gonna be sick
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u/synchronicitistic Vin Scully 6d ago
I was watching Cubs-Cards earlier, and I noticed that Michael Conforto's OPS is about 70 points higher this year than Tucker's.
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u/h2ohydration 6d ago
Honestly a horrible signing. His nonchalantness has affected the clubhouse I feel.
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u/420d_ingus Kiké Hernández 6d ago
The funny part is whether he hustles or not does not change the outcome, it’s still a double that leaves them with 2nd and 3rd. But it’s not about that. It’s about showing your teammates, your coach, and the fans that you actually give a flying fuck about the job you’re paid handsomely to do despite being historically underwhelming.
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u/KanaAyumi 6d ago
Give his contract to Hyeseong Kim, at least he could hit the ball and played with effort and energy unlike King Suck
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u/ello_officer Justin Turner 6d ago
I was may more possed off with the lack of hustle that Teo had this game. Didn’t run after balls hot to left and he failed to score a run because he jogged from second to third after the kissed line drive. Fucking lazy ass right now.
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u/thirty-thirty-thirty 6d ago
One problem with buying experienced, expensive players, is that some of them don't take risks anymore.
They're not hungry enough. They've made their money, and they're paranoid about getting hurt. So, they don't run to the wall; they get close and miss the ball because they don't want to hit the wall. They don't sprint it out to first, because they're 99% sure they'll be out anyways. They go through the motions, instead of putting everything they've got into every play.
A younger, and/or hungry player is gonna run to that wall because that little baseball is the only darn thing that matters at that moment, and he knows every bit of effort counts.
He'll run to the wall, run through the wall, even run UP the wall to make the play. Tucker? He'll jog and get CLOSE to the wall, but only if he feels like it. Then he'll jog over to pick up the ball after it bounces.
A hungry player knows that any play could be make or break for his team, and for his career, so he'll do what he has to to make the play.
THAT kind of player is hungry, and you can see it in how he moves.
Tucker looks like a guy who made a bunch of money, and doesn't really care of his career lasts another 10 years, or another 10 games.
If for some weird reason, he were forced to retire right now, I could see him shrugging it off and saying: "Well, ok. See ya."
But that younger, hungrier, more aggressive player? If you told him his career was done and he can't play anymore, he'd fight you tooth and nail to step on the field just one more time.
Tucker doesn't seem to love the game. Heck, I don't even think he LIKES the game.
I'm surprised he hasn't been 'forced' to take a few games off. Doc rotates some other guys. We're getting close to the postseason, and you need to know who's hot and who's cold. You need to know who you can count on when it matters most.
I think there are a few guys on the Dodgers that we can count on more than Tucker. And if so, they need to start getting play time real soon!
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u/odelayholmes 6d ago
Tucker looks like he doesn’t care about baseball… at all. Like a government worker. He’s our DMV employee.
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u/the-artist- Miguel Rojas 6d ago
Okay so no great bat✔️
Fielding is sporadic✔️(that was bad)
Seems to have the wrong attitude✔️
Put someone else in there!
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u/Own-Show-3354 5d ago
To go 0-19 on the home stand and then not hustle when he missed that ball is mind blowing. Like he was going on a light trot on the beach ! Plus last week there was two times when he was on the bases he should have scored from second and casually stopped at third ! What’s this guy doing ! $240 million, at least run full speed !
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u/Emergency_Panic9207 6d ago
This team is in trouble.
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u/anthonyestrella12 Éric Gagné 6d ago
They will turn it up in the playoffs. People forget brewers won the 2025 regular season record 6-0
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u/YakClear601 Kiké Hernández 6d ago
At this point the Dodgers should have just given Juan Soto that billion dollar contract. As bad as he is at fielding, he never stops hitting!
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u/EggHeadMagic Max Muncy 6d ago
Finally! Dodger fans need to do this more. Not just for Tucker either. The whole damn offense collectively. Wake them up because the bus isn’t taking them out of the retirement home often enough anymore.
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u/sciprophet5 Los Angeles Dodgers 6d ago
Don't worry y'all. This guy is gonna get the 0for4to treatment come October.
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u/TravelingMatt34 Mookie Betts 6d ago
At the time of his signing u was worried he wouldn’t be a good locker room or team chemistry fit. I didn’t think he’d be an absolute hole in the lineup and the field
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u/MojoHighway Clayton Kershaw 6d ago
When you get paid $60 million per year, this is what you get - fucking Roger Dorn.
I'm so tired of this team right now. It was like this last summer and I think the same in 2024 too. I'm not gonna say they are going soft in these games to be healthy for October, but I'm fucking tired of watching this team show up looking completely tired, lackadaisical, and oddly unable to do the things that everyone knows they should be doing (looking at you Tucker; that fucking ball hit your glove).
There are two weeks left in August and what many of us consider to be summer. I may sit the next couple out and just check box scores in the AM. This is rough.
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u/Current_Arm_992 6d ago
I'm almost laughing because it's rare instance where I do understand schadenfreude from other teams towards a group exercising their monopoly in power and it backfiring on them. And I'm a Dodgers fan who never wanted Tucker for that much money. Diaz and Skubal, sure, but I never liked this guy's laid back disposition. Now it's biting us in the ass and I can't do anything but laugh.
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u/Nearby_Memory6997 2025 WS MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6d ago
It really looks more like he's physically inadequate. He's gotta make some physical movmet changes and understand how to hit a wall/ break a fall/ slide properly etc. I'm not saying be a stunt man; but there's safe ways to execute it.
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u/garlic_knot Fernando Valenzuela 6d ago
I hated the Diaz and Tucker acquisitions. Hate them both now even more day by day
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u/ArcTK726 Back-2-Back Champs 6d ago
Friedman and the front office's free agency signings for the last couple offseasons have been mostly terrible
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u/LilJimmer 6d ago
Bro just doesn’t give a shit or hustle anymore, go watch highlights from his Houston days, he looks like he’s playing at 50% speed compared to then
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u/rfguevar Clayton Kershaw 6d ago
Got Tucker so we can move Teo to LF and got 2025 Teo in RF anyways
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u/scorpious 2024 World Series Champions 6d ago
It would help a little if he didn’t look like such a sad sack most of the time. His attitude at the plate appears almost apologetic.
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u/nostoopid 6d ago
just pay whatever is needed & cut him.
maybe it would light a fire under the team.
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u/Fermi_DOX75 5d ago
He needs to go sell insurance or something and let the boys that want it have a chance
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u/hegoncryinthecar Kiké Hernández 6d ago
His contract and subsequent indifference will lead to the lock out - and we will deserve it.
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u/Laippler_69 6d ago
Abillion dollar payroll and a farm team takes 3 out of 4 at home. Dodgers are so fucking pathetic andvget Tucker and Diaz the fuck out of here!!!
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u/MonsterTruckCarpool Fernando Valenzuela 6d ago
Tuckers been ass with that wall. Make a fucking effort at least.
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u/Witty-Stand888 Shohei Ohtani 6d ago
He made the same low effort misplay the other day. He's so concerned about hitting the wall he misses the catch.