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Houston Astros Sleepers, Breakouts & Comebacks: We Can't Wait For Kyle Tucker & Yordan Alvarez!

Breakout: OF Kyle Tucker

Tucker came out of the gate with eight hits over his first 66 at-bats with two home runs, four RBI, and 18 strikeouts, which helped Yordan Alvarez blow past him on the prospect depth chart in the minors.

Over his final 397 at-bats at AAA, he hit .290 with 32 home runs, 93 RBI, and 28 steals. Tucker now has 870 at-bats at AAA with plenty of success (.297 with 58 HRs, 190 RBI, and 50 SBs).

Houston gave him 67 at-bats in September, where his bat did show a spark (.