Cubs insider says Kyle Tucker has an approach to turn around his months-long slump

At this point, it's no secret that the Chicago Cubs have a Kyle Tucker problem. The right fielder is struggling mightily, and his slump has lasted more than a month. What is a bit of a mystery is just why he's been so bad for so long. However, Cubs insider Bruce Levine believes that as long as the situation isn't because of an injury, the player who spent most of the first half of the season as one of the best hitters in baseball will eventually turn it around.

Tucker's slump has been so bad, in fact, that he got a rare day off during Wednesday's finale against the Reds. With the Cubs on a scheduled off day on Thursday, Tucker gets some extra time to rest and recoup. Perhaps that's all he'll need to start a turnaround that's been badly needed since the beginning of July.

Cubs insider believes Kyle Tucker's not letting struggles affect his approach

Levine spoke to 670 The Score on Thursday morning and explained that the slump is as big a mystery to the Chicago Cubs slugger as it is to everyone else.

"He doesn't have all the answers," the Cubs insider said. "He doesn't know why there's a power outage, and he only has one home run since July. He doesn't understand why, when he squares up a ball, that it's going to a fielder a lot of times. He doesn't understand why the hard hit rate is down."

Even if Tucker doesn't know what's going on, Levine believes the Cubs outfielder has the mental makeup to eventually turn it around because he's a consummate professional.

"The one thing that's that's always there for him, he's a ball player, and he looks at it really, you know. After talking to him for a long time and and getting to know him this year, he really does have just that approach like 'Doesn't matter what I did yesterday. I'm working today, and it's going to turn around. I'm going to have a great day today. I'm going to be fine.'"

The Chicago Cubs have to hope that he'll figure out how to correct his problems (.208/.353/.271/.624 with just one home run since July 1) because there are plenty of analysts who still believe he'll get a massive contract this offseason. His current struggles make it unlikely that Jed Hoyer and Tom Ricketts would be good with giving him the money he could demand.