{"id":526100,"date":"2026-01-18T06:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T06:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/526100\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T06:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T06:16:29","slug":"dodgers-notes-kyle-tucker-max-muncy-nick-robertson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/526100\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers notes: Kyle Tucker, Max Muncy, Nick Robertson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Nick Robertson, a right-handed reliever drafted by the Dodgers in 2019 and who made his major league debut with Los Angeles in 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truebluela.com\/2023\/7\/25\/23807708\/enrique-hernandez-trade-dodgers-nick-robertson-justin-hagenman-red-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:before getting traded for Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">before getting traded for Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>, signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AriA1exander\/status\/2012283251482644580\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per Ari Alexander of 7News in Boston;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">per Ari Alexander of 7News in Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Robertson last season had a 4.30 ERA with 52 strikeouts and 30 walks in 52 1\/3 innings in 43 games in Triple-A between the Astros and Royals systems. The 27-year-old right-hander pitched in the majors for the Dodgers, Red Sox, Cardinals, and Blue Jays in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The addition of Kyle Tucker to the Dodgers definitely bolsters the outfield production and the lineup as well. Anthony Castrovince <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/dodgers\/news\/kyle-tucker-dodgers-lineup-historically-great-potential\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:at MLB.com looked specifically at the combo of Tucker, Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Will Smith;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">at MLB.com looked specifically at the combo of Tucker, Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Will Smith<\/a>, all of whom posted at least a 140 OPS+ last season, and the rarity of such a quartet.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">David Roth <a href=\"https:\/\/defector.com\/its-nice-to-have-a-process-but-its-better-to-have-money\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:at Defector looked at the last few days;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">at Defector looked at the last few days<\/a>, and how the Tucker signing spurred more action and reaction among some top-spending teams. The Mets, who were in on Tucker, pivoted to Bo Bichette, whom they plan to play at a new position. That left the Bichette-pursuing Phillies left empty-handed, and they re-signed catcher JT Realmuto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Max Muncy\u2019s wife Kellie gave birth to the couple\u2019s third child on Tuesday, a daughter named Macie Grace, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maxmuncy\/p\/DTiiBbjDzcx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shared on Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">shared on Instagram<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Robertson, a right-handed reliever drafted by the Dodgers in 2019 and who made his major league debut&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[63380,5,88,141,39,815,5953,29,774,1503,1532,20755,31486,40,89,468,7965,812,1535],"class_list":["post-526100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-ari-alexander","tag-baseball","tag-bo-bichette","tag-boston","tag-dodgers","tag-freddie-freeman","tag-kike-hernandez","tag-kyle-tucker","tag-los-angeles","tag-major-league-debut","tag-max-muncy","tag-minor-league-contract","tag-nick-robertson","tag-phillies","tag-red-sox","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-the-astros","tag-the-mets","tag-will-smith"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115914642792855338","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}