Kyle Tucker 2023 Dark Horse MVP Candidate?

I was feeling like Tucker kinda fell off a cliff this year mid season. So i went to look at his stats and see what was holding him down this year.

His Baseball Savant Page doesn't look bad either.

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His Walk Rate is up, with his Strikeout Rate sitting just a tick higher than last season.

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His BABIP is .250

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Tuckers "X" Stats vs his regular stats all look good too

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	Average	OBP	Slugging	OPS	wOBA
X Stats	.269	.356	.493	.849	.369
Regular Stats	.247	.334	.458	.792	.343

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Now these aren't just Straight up MVP Stats, we all know this.

But, MLB players peak between ages 26-29 on average

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Tucker will be 26 years old next season.

26 is also when Bagwell jumped from star to Super Star as well.

The stats I showed above are more or less last place mvp vote type guys. They get somewhere between 11-20 fairly often. Altuve got 18th place last year with a slightly worse line.

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So what's so special about next year? They are restricting the shift.

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Tucker is poised to have a fantastic year next season if balls start finding their way through the infield more often.

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This may mean nothing, it may mean something, only time will tell.

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In the mean time, just keep an eye out on Kyle Tucker next season, don't be surprised if he ends up in the MVP discussion.