McCutchen in agreement with Brewers

[markedman5]

 

[markedman5]

 

[adambr2]

This would have been super exciting 10 years ago. 

In all seriousness, they need and have needed a bat that can hit lefty pitching and McCutchen still does that well. Good signing. 

[KeithStone53151]

I'm guessing 4-5 mil with a club option. He'll be good to have considering the age of our outfield and the DH. Biggest problem is he's rakes against lefties but so does Cain/renfroe/taylor

[BallFour]

Telling myself this is a JBJ replacement, still hoping we still get a 1B/DH.

[ecjimg]

Yeh Another JBJ. Gross.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Solid vet. Good clubhouse guy. Can play all 3 OF spots. Not super inspiring, but not a terrible guy to have around. Should see quite a bit of time with the age/injury issues in the OF.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 minute ago, ecjimg said:

Yeh Another JBJ. Gross.

Except he bats righty and has more power. Not gonna bring near the defense JBJ brought, though.

[brewers888]

Sorry but this lineup is still way short if they want to win the World Series.

instead of signing a real impact bat like Castellanos we went dumpster diving much like we did at last years deadline. Great pitching is going to be wasted by having a sub par offense.

 

 

[DR28]

We’ll have a killer vs LHP lineup now….. But I sure hope this isnt the only bat we add.

We need Soler, Schwarber, Conforto, Castellanos type… Otherwise wasting another year of our fantastic staff.

[Soupbone]

Do we now make a trade from the outfield surplus? Cain, Taylor?

[MVP2110]

The Brewers clearly wanted to upgrade their offense against lefties. McCutchen, Renfroe, Severino, and Brosseau all mash lefties

[ClosetBrewerFan]

Cutch is no longer good defensively and has not been since 2019.  He can play CF as well as Yelich, so I would consider neither as a real option there.  Cutch has only played 15 games in CF the last 4 years. 

I'm glad we are adding bats though this one is past his prime and is really only an option vs. LHs.  If he is part of a DH platoon, sure, I'm on board.  Just hope he wont be playing against RHs with his sub 700 OPS.

[Devinep]

I’m ok with this move as long as it isn’t THE move for the offense. I’d still like to see a power lefty/switch bat for 1B 

[Brock Beauchamp]

A fine, if uninspiring, move... but they really need a bigger bat, too. Hard to be satisfied if this is all they have planned.

[NBBrewFan]

If this is dumpster diving, show me that dumpster because I want a shot! This is a typical/perfect Brewer FA signing.  As noted he hits LH pitching well and that was a huge problem last year and for a few years.  Yeah he is in the sunset of his career, but don't underestimate the value of Cutch instead of a pitcher hitting.  He likely will get 300-400 PA between LF/DH depending on Cain's health. 

Edit: He still walks at a decent rate which is another bonus.

Edit(2): Full disclosure, I didn't like the JBJ signing because of the downside for his bat.

[TURBO]

meh

[djoctagone]

when made official, the roster could be at 38 players.

mccutchen appears to never have been optioned to the minor leagues, but has enough service time to refuse any optional assignment.

[folly412]

That's not how you spell Castellanos.

Good news is he can't be worse than JBJ.

[markedman5]

If nothing else it’s worth something that we don’t have to face him this season

in 159 career games against the Brewers he has an 869 OPS and 36 homers.

[brewers888]

If this was for a platoon bat against lefties no problem but this doesn’t move the needle at all and we are still desperate for a legitimate middle of the order bat especially when you factor the DH being in the national league.

[Joseph Zarr]

Welp, re-upping Box of Burgers and grabbing an aged veteran Platoon bat for LHP is about the Brewers start to the off-season I envisioned. Hopefully, we have some more coming. McCutcheon is a guy that seems to always hit the Brewers. For that reason, alone, I am mildly content I don't have to watch him hit clutch against the Crew. Always seemed like a good teammate and a good guy to boot. Hope he has a nice season.

[brewers888]

Now go get Castellanos and I won’t care about this stupid signing.

[wibadgers23]

This is just a flat out meh signing.  Stearns sure does love his outfielders, doesn't he?

[DuWayne Steurer]

28 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

Solid vet. Good clubhouse guy. Can play all 3 OF spots. Not super inspiring, but not a terrible guy to have around. Should see quite a bit of time with the age/injury issues in the OF.

Saying he can play all 3 outfield spots was true, once upon a time.  I suppose he technically still *can* be put in CF, but definitely should not be, ever, unless nobody else on the roster capable of doing so is left in the game.