After losing two straight games to division rival, San Francisco Giants, the Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts decided he needed to make a change.

In both games against San Francisco, the Dodgers have only scored one run. The single run was not even from a hit, it was a bases loaded walk from Hyeseong Kim that scored Teoscar Hernandez in Tuesday’s 3-1 loss.

It seems unprecedented for the back-to-back World Series champions to struggle on offense, however, seven hits in two games is not a good luck.

Hours before the series finale between the Dodgers and Giants, Dave Roberts spoke to the media about a change in the batting order for the foreseeable future.

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Dave Roberts Moves Freddie Freeman Batting 2nd And Kyle Tucker Batting Cleanup

During the offseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers added silver slugger Kyle Tucker to their league-high payroll, and while many thought he would be a perfect addition to the team, his recent struggles have proved otherwise.

Tucker’s 2026 season splits .233/.320/.356, numbers that do not exactly value a $240 million contract. In the last two games against the Giants, Tucker is 0-8 with four strikeouts.

Dodgers beat writer Katie Woo wrote to X after a pregame press conference stating, “Also, Roberts said he will keep Freddie Freeman hitting second and Kyle Tucker hitting fourth for the foreseeable future.”

Dave Roberts commented on Tucker’s 2026 performance claiming, “I do feel [Tucker] is trying to do too much. I definitely expect him to come out of it.”