The Rangers have designated Andrew McCutchen for assignment after 37 games.
McCutchen was signed by Texas on March 5 and he had a strong spring. He burst out of the gate as the team's designated hitter, recording hits in each of the first five games, with a home run and three RBIs. But it was a struggle thereafter for the former NL MVP, recording just eight hits over the next 32 games, for a season slash of .192/.270/.260, one home run, five RBIs and 22 strikeouts in 83 plate appearances.
My take: Regardless of Ozuna's struggles, it was right to move on from Cutch. The decline was evident last season. Would he have performed better in a Pirates uniform? Maybe, but not by much. This OPS decline has been happening over three seasons.
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McCutchen DFA'd
The Rangers have designated Andrew McCutchen for assignment after 37 games.
McCutchen was signed by Texas on March 5 and he had a strong spring. He burst out of the gate as the team's designated hitter, recording hits in each of the first five games, with a home run and three RBIs. But it was a struggle thereafter for the former NL MVP, recording just eight hits over the next 32 games, for a season slash of .192/.270/.260, one home run, five RBIs and 22 strikeouts in 83 plate appearances.
My take: Regardless of Ozuna's struggles, it was right to move on from Cutch. The decline was evident last season. Would he have performed better in a Pirates uniform? Maybe, but not by much. This OPS decline has been happening over three seasons.
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