For the first time in over a decade, the Pittsburgh Pirates will enter 2020 with a not-so-pretty answer in center field. From 2009 to 2017, Andrew McCutchen was the automatic answer for the Pirates CF needs. He then once he was traded to the Giants during the 2017-2018 off-season, he passed on the baton to Starling Marte, who served as the team’s primary centerfielder for 2018 and 2019.
However after Marte was traded, the Pirates were left with no good answer in center field. Today, I wanted to take a look at the current status of the position, and who will eventually be the go-to answer in the future when the Pirates are looking for a good everyday answer at the position.