The Limitless Express - Andrew McCutchen's future remains vastly uncertain
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What is the current situation between Andrew McCutchen and the Pirates?
I love you. I love you. They call them trolls or whatever. People that just sit behind a computer in their mom's basement. You idiot. It was a joke. Hold on.
Let me put my wooden teeth in so you can understand me better. And we're sitting here again. We're sitting here again talking about the same thing. Now you're insulting my intelligence.
Now I'm insulting your integrity. That's incringulant. You know what this means, Bob? It's time for the Limitless Express. Let's go on a little ride with our friend.
We have a limitless amount of things to talk about.
Man, do we ever. Limits? What do you got?
How did Andrew McCutchen express his frustrations on social media?
Including Pirate Fest this past weekend. Unfortunately, a lot of players were not able to attend in person just because of the weather and travel plans and stuff like that. Canceled flights. But during the ever so popular Ask Pirates Management section of Pirates Fest... Ben Charrington was asked about Andrew McCutcheon. And basically what Charrington said, this was the quote, so much respect for Andrew. That relationship is really important to us. It will continue to communicate with him directly as the team comes together. We have more work to do. Charrington basically made it sound like, yeah, Andrew McCutcheon is not coming back, but he left the door open to it. So a lot of people are complaining that,
Hey, did the Pirates approach this properly? Should they have just told McCutcheon, we just don't want to bring you back? It kind of seems like he is... shaky ground right now of he's in limbo if he could come back so Andrew McCutcheon went at our guy Josh Roundtree on Twitter Roundtree said Pirates fans got a three-year reunion tour with McCutcheon and they never won more than 76 games I respect what he's meant to the city but he's 39 and at some point you had to just consider moving on so McCutcheon responded quote I wonder, did the Cardinals do this with Wainwright, Pujols, and Yachty? Dodgers to Kershaw, Tigers to Miggy. The list goes on and on. If this is my last year, it would have been nice to meet the fans one last time as a player.
Yeah, and he was going at the Pirates there, not Roundtree. He was going at the Pirates. And Bob, I think the bottom line for me here is... The problem, the core problem in this situation is what a lot of us have faced, whether someone's breaking up with us or we're breaking up with them. The best way to do it is to. Rip off the bandaid, say this isn't working anymore. I'm sorry. I'm leaving whatever or have them do it to you. It's actually the kind thing to do instead of just never approaching it, trying to avoid it, having it linger. That's worse. And this is a perfect example of that. They should have told Andrew McCutcheon three months ago. We're done. Love you. Want to have you be part of the franchise in the future.
We're going to have a night for you. You can come to Pirate Fest and say goodbye to the fans. That would be great. Instead, this, and it's the Pirates' fault, but also McCutcheon needs to know that there are better options at DH. You know what I mean? The Pirates should have just told him months ago, you're done, invited him to this, and that would have been the end of it.
What did Ben Charrington say about McCutchen's future with the Pirates?
Instead, this is what they created.
Well, I think also he goes at the end of the year and leaves doors open for himself. He doesn't say if he's done, if he wants to be done, if he's going to retire. I think you're right. There has to be better communication on both sides there. But I think they made their point very clear. They went out and brought in some bats, one of whom is going to be a designated hitter, to try to upgrade the designated hitter spot. Now, he claims he still plays defense, but nobody wants to really play defense with him. He hasn't been in there too often. I just think it's time to upgrade the roster.
Don't you owe it to him to tell him if he's not coming back? He's Andrew McCutcheon. You need to tell him.
Yes. But they should have had this conversation at the end of last year. It should have been well done.
They should have precipitated that conversation.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the current situation between Andrew McCutchen and the Pirates?
0:04–0:44
2
How did Andrew McCutchen express his frustrations on social media?
0:44–3:32
3
What did Ben Charrington say about McCutchen's future with the Pirates?
3:32–4:21
4
Should the Pirates have communicated differently with McCutchen?
4:21–6:08
5
What are the implications of McCutchen's potential departure?
6:08–8:34
6
How do other teams handle similar situations with veteran players?
8:34–10:17
7
What are the arguments for keeping McCutchen on the roster?
10:17–12:43
8
What does the future hold for the Pirates and McCutchen?
12:43–24:28
Speakers
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