On Monday, after the Cubs announced that Tucker would be benched for a couple of games to work out the kinks, president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer admitted the whole team was perplexed by the star's slump, but he had a hunch on some of the root causes.

The Chicago Cubs own the NL’s top Wild Card spot ahead of Monday night’s bout with the Milwaukee Brewers, but they could’ve been even higher in the standings if their prized offseason acquisition had played better recently.