A deep playoff run made the fantasy easy to sell. The industry’s view of Tucker’s market just made it easy to kill.
The Kyle Tucker daydream caught on because it made too much sense on paper for the Seattle Mariners. A club built on run prevention, anchored by Julio Rodríguez and Cal Raleigh, staring at a window that’s open right now and clearly missing one more elite bat to scare October pitching.
Tucker fits that fantasy a little too well — age, skill set, postseason reps, a swing that plays anywhere.