Former A’s star Eric Chavez sent a poignant three-word message to the MLB following Kyle Tucker’s agreement with the Dodgers on Thursday night: “Good luck all!”
The six-time Gold Glover took to his Instagram page to share his thoughts on Los Angeles’ latest huge addition, and he let be known he believes the back-to-back World Series champs’ new roster piece will spell trouble for the other 29 teams in The Show.
“You can hope they get hurt, oh wait, they did last year and still won it all,” Chavez wrote. “This might be the best team ever constructed.
“Good luck all!”
Tucker agreed to a four-year, $240 million contract that will give L.A. yet another All-Star bat in a lineup that already featured the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith.
Tucker did have a bit of a down season with the Cubs last year — batting just .266 is 136 games — but he’s nonetheless a career .273 hitter who’s belted 29 or more homers in three of the last five seasons.
Chavez was hardly the only fan to note just how potent the Dodgers will be with Tucker on the team — actor Nick Turturro, a diehard Yankees supporter, went off on X after he learned how much better L.A. got with the move.
“MLB, do something!” he said in a video that’s now gone viral. “Enough is enough!”
It’ll be a few more weeks ’til Tucker’s officially swinging a bat in a Dodger uniform, but the baseball world’s clearly bracing for the impact he’s going to have on a team that was already the favorite to win it all in 2026.