Capping off back-to-back World Series Titles, the Los Angeles Dodgers knew they had to follow up their continued success. 

The offseason they had last winter could only be described to those on the outside as monstrous. 

Not only did they ink the best reliever arm in the market by signing Edwin Díaz to a three-year, $69 million deal, but they also managed to sign the best available bat as well. 

Outfielder Kyle Tucker, 29, who was coming off a one-year stint with the Chicago Cubs, was the cash prize in last year's free agent talks. 

Despite posting lackluster numbers in the second half of his Cubs campaign due to a hairline hand fracture, the potential upside is what caught most teams' eyes. 

That upside intrigued the Dodgers heavily. 

So much so that the Dodgers were ready to make a heavy investment in the former World Series Winner, but had to be sure of one thing first. 

"It was just getting into our environment and what our guys do to prepare,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said to Tucker when recalling the conversation he had with him to The California Post's Jack Harris.

“They do an incredible job of setting the standard," Friedman said. "So the challenge is: Is that something you’re up for?”

Friedman and the rest of the Dodgers organization believe they could attain the best out of Tucker and his skill set. 

Despite a piling amount of accolades, which includes a two-time Silver Slugger and Gold Glove winner, he still has a ton of production sitting on the table left untouched.

“We feel like, with where he’s at, getting a complete season out of him on both sides of the ball is very attainable,” Friedman told the California Post. “And we feel like, in our environment, we can help bring that out of him even more.”

The mark of a lifetime .273 hitter in five seasons should not denounce the impact Tucker could have in a starting lineup, but the defensive contributions is worth noting. 

On the defensive aspect of his game, he's regressed. Over the last three years, Tucker has been producing as a below-average outfielder according to MLB’s Statcast system. 

“That’s something he self-admitted he wants to get better at,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said to the post. “I don’t see why he can’t be in the conversation of being one of the elite right fielders in the game.”

Injuries have played a stark role in Tucker's regression, whether in the batter's box or manning the outfield grass. And it should be noted that his game time routine had taken a hit due to said injuries. 

Tucker looks to change that as he settles into his new home, and the Dodgers will look to control the controllable in his game. 

“He talked about the importance of getting back to where he was defensively, and how he had kinda gotten away from his routine,” Friedman told the Post. “But he was all-in for getting into a daily routine. Because those are the things we can control.” 

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