Chicago Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker takes a simplistic approach at the plate. His performance in his final year before free agency likely will be closely tied to the team’s success.

It was an uneventful Chicago Cubs debut for Kyle Tucker. Wearing his familiar No. 30 in the unfamiliar Cubs pinstripes, Tucker, who the Astros traded in December, went 0-for-4 in a 4-1 loss to ...