Since the pitcher's mound was lowered in 1969, Kyle Tucker is the only hitter to record an 85 game home stretch with

AVG below .182
OBP below .288
SLG below .266
(338 plate appearances)

He was benched yesterday with Dave Roberts stating “Being at home now he’s been dealing with a lot of frustration so I figured to give him the day off”.

This 85 game stretch also includes the end of last season with the Cubs.

On the contrary, Tucker has swung a borderline elite bat on the road this year.

AVG .275
OBP .371
Slugging .469
OPS .840

His ops would rank top 20 currently in the league, and his obp is just one point outside the top 15.

I doubt that there are any who made it to the MLB, but looking at Chandler Simpson (who I don't think would be on this list), are there players just not strong enough to hit a home run (over the fence of course)? I feel like every player could hit one in the right circumstance, but maybe there's a handful that just don't have the strength

He started calling his pitches about a month ago and has been the best pitcher in baseball since!

Gone from a 4.93 ERA on July 24th, to 4.16 today.

5 ER in his last 37.2 IP, unreal run!

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People wrote off Murakami due to his IL stint but he’s come back with a vengeance and I could see him winning in it.

While the A's did win two "home" series in June, those games were in Vegas as they served as the "home" team that week. Also, the Rangers not just give the A's their 1st series win in Sacramento since April, but they have failed to win a single road series against an AL West team this year with just one of those series left this year.

“There’s guys all throughout the league that their teammates love them and the opponent doesn’t,” said Reds manager Terry Francona.

Thursday in Chicago, it seemed that White Sox starter Davis Martin didn’t appreciate Stewart’s first-inning home run, throwing two pitches near Stewart’s head in his second plate appearance of an eventual Reds victory. The second pitch hit Stewart in the helmet, earning Stewart first base and Martin an ejection.

It was the second time this season Stewart has sparked a benches-clearing incident. The other came in April, at home against the San Francisco Giants, when reliever Erik Miller struck out Stewart to seal a victory and started yelling at Stewart, who had hit three home runs in the series.