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Andrew McCutchen’s steep decline in 2016 has been the talk of baseball. Five Thirty Eight did a stunning piece a few weeks ago on just how bad of a season he is having for a superstar player in his prime and how the numbers say a major turnaround is not likely in the years ahead.
The pressing issue for the Pirates’ brass internally is coaches want to get McCutchen the hell out of centerfield (despite what Clint Hurdle might be saying through the media).
It’s always been a touchy subject.
As long as McCutchen continued to be a great hitter, the Pirates intended to live with him not being the best centerfielder on the roster. At least management intended to live with it.
Pirate insiders, though, say a breaking point is bound to happen this winter.
Chatter around the league is many baseball insiders feel the relationship between the Pirates and McCutchen could hit a boiling point this winter.
The Pirates intention this off-season is to move McCutchen out of centerfield in what some close to the situation feel could be the end of McCutchen’s career in Pittsburgh. “It’s going to happen [hide] and what happens after that is anyone’s guess,” a Pirate insider said of how McCutchen takes it.
Sources say McCutchen himself knows the request is likely also coming.
The Pirates’ don’t expect McCutchen to take it well.
Prior to the start of the season, the Pirates layed out to McCutchen why he needed to change his positioning on how he defended in center field. It’s led to some friction between the two sides that still remains.
Two seasons from free agency, Pirate officials had already been warned by McCutchen’s agent in mid-March that if they try to move him out of center field, there will be significant backlash as in the possibility of demanding a trade.
McCutchen after an 0-for-8 day in Sunday’s 18 inning win, is hitting .244/.314/.415 on the season with an offensive WAR of 0.6.
Maybe winning cures all in the short-term and the Pirates go on a big run in the second half but some in the Pirates organization are already bracing for the potential of a messy divorce between the two sides this winter.
Liriano on the move if Pirates stumble next 10-12 days?
— Despite an uneven season and having major command issues, there’s enough of a market for Francisco Liriano where if the Pirates stumble over the next 10-12 days, they could pull the trigger on a deal involving Liriano that nets them a good prospect and a player with cost certainty over the next couple years. It’s something that’s not being ruled out by team officials.
The Texas Rangers have been monitoring Liriano for over a month.
The price tag to move Liriano is said to be a prospect and an MLB player that can help the Pirates now and next season.
Liriano, 32, has one year left on his deal and is owed $13 million next season.
Jaso Blocking Bell
— Is 32 Year old John Jaso really worth it to be blocking Josh Bell from being in the Majors?
Jaso is hitting .219 since June 1 with 1 home run, 10 RBI and has 6 extra-base hits.
Managers, coaches in all sports always trust the vets. Another situation here with the Pirates regarding Bell still being stuck in the minors.
The eye needs to be somewhat also on 2017.
Play the kids and the soon to be 24 year old Bell isn’t even a kid anymore.
The Pirates wanting to reintroduce Bell to the outfield has also prompted trade speculation inside MLB circles surrounding Bell, though, Pirate officials privately are shooting down the notion that refreshing Bell on the outfield has anything to do with trade talks connecting the Pirates to starting pitchers they’re coveting in trade talks.
Photo – David Hague [/hide]
A little surprised Brad Richards retired – I know the guy isn’t a fraction of what he used to be, but I kinda thought he might be a dark horse candidate to replace Cullen on the 4th line if Matt moved on – maybe he didn’t have the legs to keep up with this team ultimately. Sure was a precipitous fall from grace – 5 years ago, the entire free world was trying to sign this guy.
2 years ago he was still putting up Toews-like numbers (51 points) in New York.
I was thinking he may just not be having too much fun anymore. His legs and hands have been going for awhile evident by his reduced productions pretty much every year since he left Dallas.
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i’ve been getting calls all day at work with a mckeesport caller ID thing. isn’t npl from mckeesport?
Rothey is
Npl is from Homewood up until his dad left him for another man in Florida and got custody of him now his mom doesn’t need to worry about him anymore when she hosts gangbangg parties in Homewood next to gaydoggs bar
My dad left me and got custody of me… Fantastic storytelling.
anything is possible with your fuckedd up democrat system
as they say only in america
even the weirdest shitts come from the states
Your mom must be Amercian then cuz no one has seen more weird shitts than her because she lets fat, gay, black, democrats shitted on her breasteses!
The weirdest shits come from Tim Hortons. Those will destroy your bowels.
His dad left him for another man? That’s a pretty sick thought.
McKeesport doesn’t have it’s own area code?
It just falls under 412.
the name above the number reads “mckeesport”
Odd. Maybe it’s your side hoe?
in Case stan and gaydogg missed their american hero fraud even him makes fun of himself
http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1061651-beau-bennett-shares-teasing-photoshop-about-injury-prone-history
Ya, self depreciating commentary is such a bad thing lol. People would probably hate you less if you were to join in and make fun of yourself the way Bennett has been able to with himself. I mean there is so much material to work with. So I guess that means Bennett is far better than you and more ways lol.
I know bennett is better in staying home and not going to work. Con artist
So bad… You should let your mom show you how to shitted on her breasteses, then you’d at least have a skill.
He’s trying to catch Jonathan Toews as the biggest con artist ever.
Toews doesn’t get injured like bennett so you comment doesn’t make sense. If you said he if catching up dipietro would’ve made more sense both American both always injured and both frauds
Oh – so he puts up only 50 points a year making $10.5 million and he plays FULL TIME?! That’s even worse!!!! #Fraud #Canada
What???? How hilarious is it that Sam thinks because he is Canadian and only likes Canadian players that must mean that because I’m American I must like all American players. The stupidity just gets so overwhelming when both him and Yoda post in the same thread.
And just to clear this up, unlike you I’m actually an adult so no player is my hero.
That’s what happens when you have a very narrow and one-tracked mind.
One-tracked mind track.
One track mind tracks***
Remember, there is multiple one tracks
the pens won the cup with murray in goal and st.bleury on the bench. who’s your prophet…..that’s right……and i looooooooooooooooove it!
Guess whose back?
Back again..
http://i.giphy.com/11ocEaLDZafNHa.gif ‘s back
He has no friends.
This yoda thing is the best.
Clearly not the person who said they would miss the playoffs in March with Murray in goal and Sullivan on the bench. What is your obsession with trying to prove you’re dumber than Sam?
The prophet said Cutch was going to be traded in a salary dump years ago.
and at 1 point they won the cup with fleury in net and murray not in the NHL …whats your point loser?
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McCutchen sucks.
“Chubby traded yet?”
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“This team sucks. Blow it up”
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Players have bad years. I don’t believe he’s done being an impact player. He might not get it back this year, but he’s too talented to fall off a cliff like this permanently. I never believed they have interest in signing him long term so the Bucs would be wise to not fvck with his position next year. Maximize that trade value.
I am not a huge Baseball fan, I also cheer for a team outside the Pittsburgh market, but some of this chatter feels like the time Crosby suddenly became too old to ever play at a high level again.
Per Stan and the rest of the moron bandwagon fans Crosby needed to be traded.
I never said traded. I said he needed to not take the first three months of the season off. I stand behind that. Per Stan.
I don’t recall stan saying anything about trading Sid. At least not until your never ending moronic posts about trading Malkin… near the beginning of the year… when he was the only guy playing not named Fleury… men poop on your mothers breasteses… black… gay… democrat… fat… poop on your mothers breasteses.
“Its going to happen, and what happens after that is anyones guess,”
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“Its going to happen, and what happens after that is anyones guess,” says a Pirates insider I made up yet still couldnt come up with a less ambiguous quote.
if barry bonds can move from CF to LF, the so can mccutchen. F him
Hard to argue that.
Where are the bell for archer rumors coming from?
Port Vue.
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Same’s a lurkin’
If Bell’s defense is as bad as the reports say leaving him in AAA to get it better might be best.
D… you… you’re alive…