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Andrew McCutchen Is Hitting It Big Again With The Pirates

A year after Albert Pujols found the fountain of youth and spent his final season setting major league pitching on fire, the old-guy star of the 2023 season hasn’t been a positional contemporary like Joey Votto or Miguel Cabrera. Instead, April’s ultimate veteran revival has belonged to Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Much like […]

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Nobody Wants Baseball’s 30-Something Free Agents Anymore

This MLB offseason, star players searching for contracts like Bryce Harper and Manny Machado are going to be fine. But the majority of free agents in baseball this winter? They might be in store for another long wait as the game continues to trend younger — younger than it’s ever been for position players in […]

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When Bad Seasons Happen To Great Players (Like Andrew McCutchen)

For Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen, this weekend was one of highs and lows. McCutchen launched a pair of home runs off of Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda during Saturday’s 6-1 Pittsburgh win; he also, well, take a look for yourself at what happened Sunday: On the 2016 season, McCutchen has had more lows than highs. Going […]

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When Bad Seasons Happen To Great Players (Like Andrew McCutchen)

For Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen, this weekend was one of highs and lows. McCutchen launched a pair of home runs off of Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda during Saturday’s 6-1 Pittsburgh win; he also, well, take a look for yourself at what happened Sunday: On the 2016 season, McCutchen has had more lows than highs. Going […]

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