{"id":529553,"date":"2026-01-20T19:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/529553\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T19:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:27:13","slug":"why-dodgers-kyle-tucker-announcement-is-being-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/529553\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dodgers&#8217; Kyle Tucker Announcement is Being Delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers have seemingly held off on announcing the <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dodgers-kyle-tucker-massive-240-million-deal-stuns-offseason-full-contract-details\/2026\/01\/15\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Tucker<\/a> deal, and the reason stems from a full 40-man roster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/2011994654292787536?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan<\/a> broke the news roughly five days ago, and the delay on the signing has raised eyebrows around the league and among fans. With the roster filled to the brim, the Dodgers are set to make a corresponding move soon.<\/p>\n<p>More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dodgers-offer-kyle-tucker-huge-short-term-deal\/2026\/01\/14\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers Offer Kyle Tucker \u2018Huge Short-Term Deal\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>   Dodgers Face Roster Crunch Before Making Kyle Tucker Official<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers can go a variety of ways, by either trading one of the players on the 40-man roster or DFA\u2019ing one of them.<\/p>\n<p>A move will be made sooner rather than later, as spring training slowly approaches. Tucker is ready to contribute to the back-to-back World Series champions, and soon they will embark on their journey to become the first three-peat champions in the sport in a quarter-century.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old will bring offensive firepower and a massive upgrade defensively. While Tucker\u2019s defense may not be as elite as it was in his 2022 Gold Glove season, it is an improvement from what they had last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While that is the case, Tucker still has a long way to go in order for L.A.\u2019s outfield defense to even be average. Last season, Tucker did not grade out as an elite right fielder with a minus-two outs above average. Still, that was better than Teoscar Hernandez\u2019s outs above average, which was at minus-nine. Hernandez\u2019s minus-nine in that category was the fourth-worst among qualified right fielders.<\/p>\n<p>More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/potential-mlb-lockout-poses-major-risk-for-dodgers-entire-league\/2026\/01\/19\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Potential MLB Lockout Poses Major Risk For Dodgers, Entire League<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once the Dodgers announce the Tucker signing, then the real fun will begin. The Florida native comes to L.A. as a four-time All-Star, World Series champion, All-MLB Second Team in 2021, two-time Silver Slugger Award winner and a one-time AL RBI leader.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker in L.A. certainly provides the team with a great chance to three-peat, and if his defense is even a slight upgrade, the Dodgers will once again be the last team standing in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sab-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/path\/to\/app-icon.png\" alt=\"App icon\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LA Baseball Report<\/p>\n<p>Get the app for faster news<\/p>\n<p> <a id=\"sab-cta\" class=\"sab-cta\" href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET<\/a> \u00d7    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers have seemingly held off on announcing the Kyle Tucker deal, and the reason stems&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,29,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4,558],"class_list":{"0":"post-529553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-kyle-tucker","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-dodgers","13":"tag-ladodgers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangelesdodgers","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115929078600670260","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529553","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=529553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}