Chicago Cubs fans have just over a week to wait before their new star right fielder plays his first regular season game. Kyle Tucker and the Cubs will hop on a plane on March 11 and travel to Japan to play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the season opener on March 18 at the Tokyo Dome.

The Chicago Cubs made a huge trade this offseason, landing Kyle Tucker in a deal with the Houston Astros. Chicago hopes the three-time All-Star can help get the team back into the playoffs. The Cubs have missed the postseason for four straight years and haven’t won a playoff series since 2017.

In joining the Cubs, Tucker has gone from a key member of the Astros' supporting cast to franchise star, even if it could be short lived.

When the Chicago Cubs traded for Kyle Tucker in December, they should have seen this dry spell coming. His spring training couldn’t be off to a worse start.  He

Left-hander Matthew Boyd, who called Tucker “one of the best hitters in baseball,” had the less comfortable experience of facing Tucker in live BP. Tucker, an All-Star the last three seasons, is in the top 10 in OPS among qualified hitters over the last four seasons and has relatively even career splits against lefties and righties.

Chicago Cubs new addition Kyle Tucker has not collected a hit so far in spring training. The 28 year old has had 18 plate appearances, but a giant goose egg remains in the hit column. Here, we dig into if this is concerning or not and how it may actually be representative of an early season trend.