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Neal Huntington on Andrew McCutchen: 'We feel great about Andrew being a Pirate'

OXON HILL, Md. — Baseball’s winter meetings are over, and Andrew McCutchen remains on the Pirates roster. General manager Neal Huntington said he doesn’t expect that to change.

“Our intent coming in here was to have Andrew McCutchen in our lineup going forward. No one changed that,” Huntington told reporters this morning. “It’s unlikely someone changes that going forward. We’re certainly not going to close the door, but we’re not going to be making calls.”

McCutchen was a primary player in the rumor mill over the past week until the Washington Nationals, considered the most likely team to vie for his services, traded pitching prospects Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez and Dane Dunning to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for center fielder Adam Eaton, who is under contract for another five years.