The Houston Astros didn't have the season anyone was expecting, but this major prediction was nearly spot on.
made a list of predictions for each team as a part of their season preview programming. For the Astros, David Schoenfield"Only five position players have had at least 5.0 bWAR each of the past three seasons, and Tucker is one of them." said Schoenfield. "This year, he adds to that with his best season yet by posting a career-high 6.8 WAR, going 30/30 for the first time and improving upon last year's fifth-place finish in AL MVP voting.
That all changed when the 27-year-old fouled a ball off of his shin and created a whole world of problems for himself and the medical staff. Initially, the injury was called a shin contusion. After months of being out, much longer than anyone expected, it was then revealed that it was a small fracture instead.
The fiasco forced him to miss the next 79 games of the year and gave him only 18 games to catch up to what the prediction had set for him. He put up a good fight, picking up right where he left off before the injury. Over his final 18 games of the year, he posted a .365/.453/.587 slashing line with four home runs. Given the leg injury, it's not shocking that he only stole one more base to end the season.Using on-pace stats, over 157 games , he would have theoretically hit for around 46 home runs and stolen 24 bases.
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