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.
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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?
