Kyle Tucker has found a new rock bottom for himself.
The Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Tucker continued his struggles on Monday night against the Colorado Rockies. Tucker went 0/5 on the night at Coors Field in Denver, Colo. and also produced a hideous defensive play in the bottom of the seventh inning.
To lead off the half-inning, Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia induced a routine fly ball off the bat of Rockies first baseman Connor Norby. Tucker got under the ball in right field with plenty of time … but then just seemingly lost it in the stadium lights.
The ball glanced off Tucker’s glove for an E-9, allowing Norby to get into second base. Meanwhile, Tucker could do little more than collapse to the outfield grass in agony for a moment before retrieving the errant baseball and futilely tossing it back into the infield.
I don't even want to pile on at this point, but Kyle Tucker drops a routine flyball for a two-base error. pic.twitter.com/9L1WTNr0sx
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 18, 2026
Fans quickly roasted Tucker over his latest lowlight. Some on social media were even ready to anoint him as the worst signing in Dodgers history.
Kyle Tucker has to be the biggest bust signing in Dodgers history. Just an absolute disaster in every aspect. Just get him off the field at this point. pic.twitter.com/3arVJbYCEa
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) August 18, 2026
Tucker also had an ugly misplay in right field during Sunday’s loss at home to the Milwaukee Brewers. During that game at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif., Tucker flubbed a ball hit to the wall in right and ended up getting booed by the Dodger faithful.
Even more embarrassingly for Tucker, who signed a four-year, $240 million contract with the Dodgers in the offseason, is that it is hard to tell what is worse right now between his defense and his offense. After Monday’s disaster, Tucker is now down to a .230 batting average on the year (with a .692 OPS) and is 0 for his last 24 at the plate (with Tucker’s last hit coming on Aug. 9 against the Arizona Diamondbacks).
The Dodgers did still manage to easily take care of business on Monday despite Tucker’s struggles, winning by a comfortable final score of 11-5. But considering that Tucker was also benched during a game over the weekend for a humiliating reason, he may be the single most miserable player in all of Major League Baseball right now.
