One Chicago Cubs player has wasted no time making a massive impact this season, helping the team hold a .500 record through their first 10 games. With every team in the NL Central having completed at least two series, the Cubs just wrapped their third—highlighted by a dominant sweep of the Athletics in Sacramento.
Enter Kyle Tucker.
While expectations were already high when the Cubs acquired him, Tucker is somehow managing to exceed them. Just 10 games in, he’s putting on a show. Back in March, MLB.com’s Andrew Simon ranked Tucker No. 10 in the 2025 Hitter Power Rankings—largely based on his impressive 2024 numbers, where he posted a 181 OPS+ and crushed 23 homers in just 78 games, all while dealing with a lingering shin injury.
Originally a first-round pick by the Houston Astros in 2015 out of H.B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida, Tucker was traded to Chicago in a blockbuster deal this past December. The Cubs sent Isaac Paredes, Hayden Wesneski, and prospect Cam Smith to Houston in exchange for the star slugger.
So far in 2025, Tucker’s putting up MVP-caliber numbers: a staggering 1.228 OPS, more walks than strikeouts, tied for the league lead in RBIs, a couple of steals, and a Statcast page that’s glowing red with elite percentile rankings.
Sure, it might be a little premature to project a full season based on a small sample size—but for fun? Let’s do it. At his current pace over 155 games, Tucker would finish with 69 home runs, 189 RBIs, and 34 stolen bases. Unreal.
After homering in four straight games, there’s no doubt Tucker has solidified his place in both the 2025 Hitter Power Rankings and as the NL Central’s most dangerous bat right now.
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