{"id":85580,"date":"2025-08-21T18:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85580\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:28:07","slug":"kyle-tucker-returns-to-cubs-lineup-after-sitting-out-3-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85580\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Tucker returns to Cubs’ lineup after sitting out 3 games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slumping All-Star slugger Kyle Tucker<\/a> returned to the Chicago Cubs<\/a>‘ lineup Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> after sitting out three games.<\/p>\n

Tucker batted second and started in right field as the Cubs tried for a fourth straight win over NL Central-leading Milwaukee in the finale of a five-game series at Wrigley Field between the division rivals.<\/p>\n

Tucker hasn’t played since Monday, when he went 0 for 4 in Chicago’s 7-0 loss to the Brewers. He’s batting .148 (8 for 54) in 15 games in August, and has only two extra-base hits — both doubles — in his last 24 games.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old Tucker batted .290 with 17 homers and 52 RBIs in his first 85 games and was an All-Star for the fourth time.<\/p>\n

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Following Wednesday’s 4-3 win over the Brewers, Cubs manager Craig Counsell confirmed Tucker played with a small fracture in his right hand after he got hurt on an awkward slide against Cincinnati on June 1. Counsell suggested that might have contributed to Tucker’s slowdown.<\/p>\n

But Counsell said there are no medical restrictions on Tucker. He merely got time off this week to help him break out of this slump.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Tucker downplayed the injury as a cause.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know how much, like, it really affected my set-up and my swing and everything,” Tucker said. “It didn’t feel great at the time and I kind of dealt with it and obviously you just make adjustments to go out there and play.<\/p>\n

“I’m sure other people have some things going on too that they just play with and make the adjustment with.”<\/p>\n

Tucker was acquired in a December trade with Houston. He’s eligible for free agency after this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Slumping All-Star slugger Kyle Tucker returned to the Chicago Cubs‘ lineup Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers after sitting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-85580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}