Morning Rundown: Pirates re-sign Andrew McCutchen, Joc Pederson signs with the Rangers, Sean Manaea back with the Mets
McCutchen returns to the Pirates, Joc Pederson signs with Rangers. Sean Manaea signs a three year contract
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they have signed OF/DH Andrew McCutchen to a one-year deal worth $5 million.
McCutchen, 38, hit .232/.328/.411 with 20 home runs and 53 RBI with the Pirates this past season.
It was the first fully guaranteed contract that the Pirates have done this offseason. The deal was never really in doubt, as long as McCutchen wanted to continue playing, he’d have a spot on the roster for the upcoming season.
After trading a left-handed bat in Nathaniel Lowe, the Texas Rangers replaced him early Monday morning.
They signed designated hitter Joc Pederson to a two-year deal worth $37 million, which comes with an opt-out after the first year.
Pederson, 32, spent the 2024 season with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He hit .275/.393/.515 with 23 home runs and 64 RBI. He’s a platoon-heavy-hitting DH who had 407 plate appearances against righties and just 42 versus lefties.
He hit a career-high 36 home runs in 2019 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The New York Mets brought back Sean Manaea on a three-year deal worth $75 million. He signed a one-year contract with the Mets the previous offseason, so he returns to New York.
Manaea, 32, posted a 12-6 record with a 3.47 ERA while posting 184 strikeouts and 63 walks over 181.2 innings pitched.
He joins a rotation featuring Frankie Montas, Kodai Senga, David Peterson, and fellow free agent Clay Holmes, who is attempting to shift back to being a starter.
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Reposting for some Christmas Eve hopeium. A look at Bubba's triple A statcast rankings.
The media whiners of course will never admit it, but the players did an absolutely phenomenal job in the last CBA of redistributing revenue from their best stars to marginal vets ("middle class" veterans) and minor leaguers *and* that's far worse for the competitiveness of the game than Shohei Ohtani getting a billion dollars instead of $700m.