Cubs' Kyle Tucker blows the rest of the NL Central's right fielders out of the water

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It seems fitting that the Cubs will be trotting out their best right fielder since Sammy Sosa the same year that they welcome the mercurial right hander back to the Friendly Confines.

Let's go around the division and see how far behind the new Cub the right fielders rank. As a reminder, we've going through each position to stack rank the players in the NL Central.

1.Kyle Tucker, Cubs

Tucker has a very legitimate chance to be the NL MVP and is head and shoulders above the rest of the division's right fielders. The lefty is fully healthy entering his last year of arbitration and was on pace for nearly a 10-WAR season before getting hurt in 2024. Even if he doesn't carry the absurd numbers he posted in limited duty forward to 2025, the lanky right fielder will be competing for the starting All-Star game spot in a loaded NL right fielder cohort (Juan Soto, Ronald Acuna, Fernando Tatis Jr, Corbin Carroll, and Teoscar Hernandez).

If he's able to stay healthy and the Cubs let him run enough on the basepaths, Tucker should be able to push easily past the 30/30 mark for the first time in his career. It's actually not hard to see him pushing toward the 40-homer mark if Wrigley ends up being a little more hitter-friendly this year.

The Cubs probably have the top two right fielders in the division- Seiya Suzuki, who'll mostly DH in 2025, is far ahead of the other contenders with his bat and would rank first if the Cubs hadn't made the move for Tucker.

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