Kevin Gorman

I have a feeling the Pirates are extending all of their offers and looking at all of their options before they commit to Andrew McCutcheon.

I don't believe they're going to commit to him

as a full-time DH.

I think it's going to be a guy who might work in, you know, a couple of days as a DH and a couple of days as a pinch hitter, right-handed pitch hitter off the bench.

And I think that's the role that he was better suited for last season.

That's how I felt going into last year is that he shouldn't have been their everyday DH.

I think through June, he was one of the best hitters on the team in terms of batting average, but he was more likely to work.

I guess he was more willing to draw walks than swing for the fences.

And they just didn't get enough production out of that spot.

The Pirates have made it clear that they're interested in to some degree of rotating through the DH spot.

And so I think you could see

whoever's playing first base, both left-handed bats, Horowitz or O'Hearn, the other one could be the DH.

Brandon Lau could do some DHing.

Brian Reynolds could do some DHing to save his legs in right field.

O'Neal Cruz could be an occasional just to get him

a day off in center field so that could be a spot where the pirates could rotate guys through rather than having one person who's just the primary dh which which i think is the better way to look at it i think the other way you have to consider possibility of power and this is going to be a big storyline going into spring training

is whether Connor Griffin is major league ready and whether he's your shortstop.

Because this is a guy who has power, and I don't know what he's going to hit as a rookie, but if he hits at his level that he's capable of, there's another power bat in your lineup, and it's up the middle.

And now you have power at shortstop, second base, and center field, and maybe not as much at the traditional corner position of third base, where you can live with the Jared Triolo and his defense if you're getting power in other areas.

I still feel like the Pirates have to either address –