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Matt Martell

Andrew McCutchen Heads Home As Pirates Continue Intriguing Offseason

McCutchen spent the first nine years of his career with the Pirates and won the NL MVP in 2013.

Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports

When I woke up this morning, I had no intention of writing about the Pirates for today’s newsletter. Why would I? I have mentioned them in previous editions—such as when I’ve written that they should trade their best player and when they gave up Aaron Judge’s 60th home run—but only as supporting characters on the greater baseball stage.

Things changed at 9:30 a.m. ET, though, when Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette broke the news that Andrew McCutchen is returning to the Pirates on a one-year contract, pending a physical. The deal is for $5 million, per Mackey. Suddenly, the Pirates had made a move interesting enough to justify their place as the main item in the 118th edition of the Five-Tool Newsletter.

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