While Tucker, 28 in January, has been among baseball's best hitters in the 2020s, he's also not exactly a known name outside of baseball fans, making his name as an effective piece in a devastating Houston Astros lineup which included a World Series title in 2022.A native of Tampa, Florida, Tucker was drafted fifth overall by the Astros in the 2015 MLB Draft directly out of high school, making his MLB debut in July 2018 in a game against the Chicago White Sox.
The pandemic-shortened 2020 season marked Tucker's first as a full-time contributor, missing just two of his team's 60 games while leading all of baseball in triples with six. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Though Tucker wasn't quite as productive in the 2022 postseason, he still slugged three home runs and a double en route to a World Series championship, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games.