Cubs acquire star outfielder Kyle Tucker from Astros

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00:00These are the career numbers for Kyle Tucker. He is a career 274 hitter on base

00:09353 slugs 516 a career WRC plus of 139. Last year in 78 games he was worth 4.2

00:22war. That's an 8 win player. Is that good? That means he was on pace to be an

00:298 win player. Granted he only played 78 games so it's you know. But that's still

00:34he still would have the highest war in the Cubs. I understand that. I can you

00:40know you know one thing I can do. Math. The math. His WRC plus last year was 180.

00:47His slash line last year. Oh that's that slash line last year. 289 408 585. But if

00:56you start looking at some of these other full seasons. You're looking at a

00:59who does project if he plays 150 games. He projects as a five and a half win

01:06player. That's a difference maker. That is a major difference maker. Also that we

01:14only is here for a year. This is this is a guy who can do everything. You know he

01:18was almost a 30-30 guy two years ago. 29 bombs 30 stolen bases only caught five

01:24times. And my favorite stat the one I always love. What's a strikeout? Let's not

01:30hit triple digits and strikeouts like everybody else in this era that we live

01:33in. His strikeout percentage for his career is 16. His walk percentage is 10.8.

01:41Put the ball in play and do stuff with it. Yeah but he does more than put it in

01:44play. Yes I said do stuff with it. He barrels everything. He barrels everything.

01:50Career slugging of 516. That 585 slugging from last year.