Pirates shopping McCutchen

[isestrex]

http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/11214503-74/mccutchen-pirates-trade

If there's one player Adam would move of CF for, it might be a friend like McCutchen. We'd have to give up a good package though.

[eddie83]

Depending on contract I would have interest in Matt Holliday if he was mainly a DH. I just don't think we have enough to pull off a big trade.

[MDtransplant757]

We wouldn't have enough for him, but I think the Pirates should keep him. He's the face of that franchise, and why they would move him is beyond me.

[Crazysilver03]

Depending on contract I would have interest in Matt Holliday if he was mainly a DH. I just don't think we have enough to pull off a big trade.

We seem to have a pretty decent DH in Mancini at hand

[Jagwar]

We need more prospects and talent in the organization, not less.

[eddie83]

We seem to have a pretty decent DH in Mancini at hand

Perhaps. Club needs to add high OBP types. We can worry about it in the offseason.

I think RF is most important, after they figure that out everything else.

[Can_of_corn]

We wouldn't have enough for him, but I think the Pirates should keep him. He's the face of that franchise, and why they would move him is beyond me.

1- They have a losing record.

2- He isn't under contract for much longer

3- He's well below replacement level this year.

4- He's making 14M next year.

[Tx Oriole]

We seem to have a pretty decent DH in Mancini at hand

I agree with you on that. He'll never be at 1st base as long as Chris is there.

[Tx Oriole]

Perhaps. Club needs to add high OBP types. We can worry about it in the offseason.

I think RF is most important, after they figure that out everything else.

Mancini is not an OF. DH is the perfect

[Tx Oriole]

Mancini is not an OF. DH is the perfect

place for him.

[MDtransplant757]

1- They have a losing record.

2- He isn't under contract for much longer

3- He's well below replacement level this year.

4- He's making 14M next year.

1. True

2. He's under contract until next year with at least another year if he accepts his option.

3. It's his defense that killed him, oddly enough. Batting he was consistent and put up his carrer norms.

4. The Pirates owners are some of the cheapest SOB's in all of sports.

I can see why they'd do it from a baseball standpoint, but from a PR standpoint this is a very bad idea.

[Can_of_corn]

1. True

2. He's under contract until next year with at least another year if he accepts his option.

3. It's his defense that killed him, oddly enough. Batting he was consistent and put up his carrer norms.

4. The Pirates owners are some of the cheapest SOB's in all of sports.

I can see why they'd do it from a baseball standpoint, but from a PR standpoint this is a very bad idea.

Haven't we just watched poor defense suck almost all the worth out of a 47 home run season? Do you want that in Center?

For the record his 103 OPS+ is 18 points lower than his next lowest total. The last five years go : 162/157/166/144/103.

[MDtransplant757]

Haven't we just watched poor defense suck almost all the worth out of a 47 home run season? Do you want that in Center?

For the record his 103 OPS+ is 18 points lower than his next lowest total. The last five years go : 162/157/166/144/103.

I never said I wanted him in center if we got him. I'd want him in RF if anything, and even pedestrian #'s like that would make this team really good

[Can_of_corn]

I never said I wanted him in center if we got him. I'd want him in RF if anything, and even pedestrian #'s like that would make this team really good

So you want to trade whatever to pick up a guy coming off a breakdown year and move him to another position. While paying him 14 million.

[InsideCoroner]

I don't see any point in getting help for our aging centerfielder by trading for another one.