Fansided · Oct 29, 2016
The Pirates Should Not Trade Andrew McCutchen
There are rampant speculation that the Pittsburgh Pirates may look to trade center fielder Andrew McCutchen this offseason. However, in my opinion, that would be a mistake.
No matter how you want to slice it, the 2016 season was the worst of Andrew McCutchen’s eight year Major League career. The Pirates’ center fielder had career lows in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, walk rate, wOBA, wRC+, and WAR in 2016. Additionally, he was arguably the worst defensive center fielder in all of baseball (-28 defensive runs saved).