There’s no nice way to say this, so let’s not bother pretending otherwise: Pittsburgh Pirates fans are mad about the wrong thing.
Yes, Konnor Griffin not making the Opening Day roster sparked outrage. Social media was flooded. Think pieces flew. Service-time conspiracies were dusted off like it was 2015 again. A 19-year-old with 98 at-bats above Class A became the hill to die on.
Meanwhile, Andrew McCutchen — the face of the franchise, the bridge between eras, the player who dragged this organization back into relevance — was left twisting in the wind all offseason… and the reaction was a collective shrug.