The Bechtold Breakdown - McCutchen meets with Nutting, Pitt lowers capacity
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So Donnie, Football Friday on Pomp and Joe. Donnie and I enjoying ourselves thoroughly, as always, at Bowser's Chevy in Monroeville. Pretty big football game coming up next week. Quiz show coming up top of the hour in honor of that. I think it'll be a Steeler-related Super Bowl history quiz show. But first... We present to you the man, the myth, the legend, Austin City Sweeper Bechtold. He has Bechtold's breakdown.
Thank you, Joe. This Bechtold breakdown for January 30th on a Friday in 2026 begins with our man, somebody that you might consider a radio mentor to me, one that I do, Adam Crowley, breaking some news earlier today, Joe. Saying that Andrew McCutcheon and Bob Nutting had a meeting yesterday. I'm imagining to discuss McCutcheon's future. What do you make of that? And do you think that Nutting is going to step in and basically say Ben Charrington, give him one more year, he's going to be on the roster? That's what I think is going to happen.
That's my fear. I mean... If that is the case, haven't they been through enough PR gaffes that would be way worse than this? Like, are they afraid that there would be a fan revolt at this point? I think the opinion is probably mixed on McCutcheon. Everybody loves him. That's not a mixed opinion, but... At this point in his career, there have to be better options at DH. The only thing in my view that they really owed or owe Andrew McCutcheon is to tell him if they're moving on. And they should be moving on. But man, that sounds like the potential is there for Bob Nutting to step in and say, like the old Mike Tomlin thing, you'll decide how long you're staying here. I don't know if that should be how it works in this situation.
I think the Pirates would be surprised, the front office, that is.
What news did Andrew McCutchen and Bob Nutting discuss?
that if they don't bring back Andrew McCutcheon, it won't be like some heartbreaker across the fan base. Yeah. I mean, maybe some people, sure, but it won't be like an overwhelming, I can't believe these guys, they didn't bring back Andrew McCutcheon. We got three years of the reunion tour, okay? And I get when bands do that, you know, I think the Rolling Stones have been on their last reunion tour since like the year I was born, and here we are 30 years later, and they're still rolling. I don't think people would really be all that upset if Kutch doesn't come back. I agree. For somebody at his age, sure, putting up okay-slash-decent numbers, somebody in his late 30s, really, really close to retirement,
But that's not really what the Pirates need. I mean, if he wants to come back as some dude that's going to be on the bench a lot, fill in as a DH, maybe play a game or two out in the field, that's one thing. They should not have him as some sort of priority of, hey, we're bringing Kutch back again. He's going to be back in the lineup every day or as many days as he possibly can. He should not be viewed as a starter. And I also think there's a little bit of... I don't know if it's McCutcheon himself maybe overvaluing because I did think Jason said something interesting to the guys yesterday that teams that are contenders right now probably aren't reaching out to Andrew McCutcheon because the thought is why doesn't Cutch want to perhaps chase a ring?
You know, maybe this last season, why not give himself a shot at a World Series? I don't think those teams that are truly contenders in Major League Baseball are thinking that Andrew McCutcheon is their missing piece.
I agree with you, but I think the city game doesn't. City game?
I would be very upset if Andrew McCutcheon was not a part of this year's team. Maybe that's a little bit of an over-exaggeration, but I still think there is a role for him as a right-handed bat, as a DH, against left-handed pitching. They're a very left-handed hitting lineup with Cruz.
What are the implications of McCutchen potentially returning to the Pirates?
They brought in O'Hearn, Brandon Lau.
O'Hearn has reverse splits limits.
I know that. He's still a left-handed hitter, which is what I said. And Brian Reynolds, who's a switch hitter. So, I think that McCutcheon is valuable in spots. You're not going to start him every day.
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