Cutch back to Pittsburgh

[DR28]

1 yr deal.

[nate82]

Cutch against the Brewers in 23'.

.400/.400/.700

It is the former Brewers player on the Pirates curse!

[YelichPosse]

Bye, Felicia. But yes, he will destroy Brewers pitching now.....

[hawing]

At least Cutch can't torture the Brewers more than *checks 2023 schedule* 13 MIL-PIT games! 

[wibadgers23]

You mean Mark A isn't going to stretch the budget to sign McCutchen?

[hawing]

Just now, wibadgers23 said:

You mean Mark A isn't going to stretch the budget to sign McCutchen?

Unless he makes a splashy mid-season reacquisition to show the fanbase how cherished we are...no - he will have to find another creative way to stretch the budget. 

[DR28]

3 minutes ago, wibadgers23 said:

You mean Mark A isn't going to stretch the budget to sign McCutchen?

Oh Im sure Miley was our stretching of the budget this offseason.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Kinda nice that McCutchen is going back to Pittsburgh after reading this from Olney:

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A summer of milestones is likely ahead for McCutchen, who needs 52 more hits to achieve 2,000 in his career, eight more doubles to reach 400 and 13 more homers to reach 300.

Pittsburgh fans have so little to cheer for, a farewell tour from Cutch reminds them of their 15 minutes of relevance a decade ago.

[edfunderburk]

I’m so glad Cutch will not be on the Brewers roster again

[rickh150]

1 hour ago, edfunderburk said:

I’m so glad Cutch will not be on the Brewers roster again

We wanted him in September, though…. with playoffs on the line.

[edfunderburk]

9 hours ago, rickh150 said:

We wanted him in September, though…. with playoffs on the line.

“We” didn’t … if that includes “me“

I was never in favor of him being on the roster in 2022

He was not an $8M bat … I’m thrilled he’s gone 

Nice story to end his career in a Pirates uniform 

[Axman59]

On 1/13/2023 at 11:29 AM, Brock Beauchamp said:

Kinda nice that McCutchen is going back to Pittsburgh after reading this from Olney:

Pittsburgh fans have so little to cheer for, a farewell tour from Cutch reminds them of their 15 minutes of relevance a decade ago.

At least they've won a World Series in the last 50 years. Something that obviously can't be said about the Brewers. We celebrate a World Series losing team...

[Brewcrew82]

4 minutes ago, Axman59 said:

At least they've won a World Series in the last 50 years. Something that obviously can't be said about the Brewers. We celebrate a World Series losing team...

At least we're not the Mariners, who don't even have a World Series losing team to celebrate

[Pugger]

I always like Cutch even last year with us.  He isn't the player he once was but he was always a professional.  It is kinda nice for him to go back to Pitt for one more ride.

[sveumrules]

On 1/13/2023 at 12:29 PM, Brock Beauchamp said:

Pittsburgh fans have so little to cheer for

Last playoff appearance was in 2015. From 2016-22 only the Royals, Marlins, Tigers and Orioles won fewer games.

O'Neill Cruz, Ke'Bryan Hayes and one foot out the door Bryan Reynolds are all they have to show for it on the MLB roster.

At least the Orioles are starting to come out of it. Tigers, Marlins, Royals, Pirates, Reds all still circling the drain.

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Last playoff appearance was in 2015. From 2016-22 only the Royals, Marlins, Tigers and Orioles won fewer games.

O'Neill Cruz, Ke'Bryan Hayes and one foot out the door Bryan Reynolds are all they have to show for it on the MLB roster.

At least the Orioles are starting to come out of it. Tigers, Marlins, Royals, Pirates, Reds all still circling the drain.

Yeah, it's rough to be a Pirates fan. And I don't enjoy watching them suffer; at least a small part of me feels sympathy when baseball's economics and bad ownership lead to a small market fanbase suffering through an endlessly bad product on the field.