2025 Season: .239/.333/.367, 13 HR, 57 RBI, 0.1 bWAR
It has been a long time since Andrew McCutchen won that NL MVP in 2013. He hasn’t even been an All-Star within the past decade, and the .700 OPS that he posted last season was tied for the worst of his career.
At the age of 39, though, he still wants to play another season. And while he isn’t nearly as productive as he used to be, we’re still talking about a guy who has hit at least 10 home runs in 17 consecutive seasons, as well as a guy who has hardly spent any time on the IL throughout his career, outside of suffering a torn ACL in 2019.
Best Landing Spot: Cleveland Guardians
It was a little surprising—though totally understandable—that the Pirates on Monday invested $12M in Marcell Ozuna to be their DH instead of sticking with what had been their traditional one-year, $5M arrangement with Cutch over the past three seasons.
If he signs with Cleveland, though, he’d get the benefit of staying relatively close to home while providing veteran leadership (and the occasional day off) for an outfield where rookies Chase DeLauter and George Valera are penciled in to start in center and right.