The three best left-handed hitters on the free-agent market all have something in common.

Cody Bellinger , Kyle Schwarber , and Kyle Tucker are all in line for nine-figure contracts. They’re all ex-Cubs, too, and multi-time All-Stars. But the real similarity is their ability to crush left-handed pitching.

It’s an exceedingly rare skill for a left-handed hitter – let alone a slugger. In 2025, lefties hit just .231 with a .365 SLG and a 24.0% strikeout rate against southpaws. As a whole, left-handed pitching is as dominant as it’s been in quite some time: Lefties combined to allow a .240 batting average last season, the lowest mark since the Year of the Pitcher in 1968, which prompted MLB to lower the mound.

And yet, for Bellinger, Schwarber, and Tucker, this is an unquestioned stren

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