New Giants outfielder Andrew McCutchen is expected to have a rock-solid debut season in San Francisco.
According to Fangraphs’ two live projections, McCutchen should provide the Giants right around three wins in 2018 behind a .270 batting average and .735 OPS.
Not bad.
But not game-changing, either.
No one can say that the Giants acquired the Andrew McCutchen that won the 2013 National League MVP award went they swung a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. McCutchen is still a good player and he represents a massive upgrade to the Giants’ Opening Day lineup, but he — like Evan Longoria, who was acquired last month to fill a glaring hole at third base — is not someone who is going to produce so much in 2018 that, suddenly, San Francisco a will be a real threat to the Dodgers in the National League West.