Giants acquire former MVP Andrew McCutchen in trade with Pirates

Heyman | Pirates lock up Felipe Rivero

Heyman | Pirates lock up Felipe Rivero

"The safe play would've been to keep (McCutchen and Cole)", Huntington said.

Harrison, who made his debut with the team in 2011 and is, for now, the most tenured player on the roster, is not alone in his discomfort with the Pirates' direction.

"Watching Andrew patrol center field with grace, fly around the bases, drive the ball all around the ballpark, celebrate with his teammates or interact with his family, friends or fans has created lifelong memories for me and many, many others around the game of baseball", he said. "I want what is best for the organization that gave me a chance to be a Big Leaguer".

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McCutchen will be in centerfield as he has for much of his career, and will instead play a corner outfield spot - likely right field - according to reports from Buster Olney and Alex Pavlovic. To get a better reutnr, the Pirates agreed to pay $2.5 million of the $14.5 million that McCutchen will make in 2018, the last season of his six-year, $51.5-million contract. After trading McCutchen to the San Francisco Giants on Monday, they suggested the Pirates still might surprise, citing the team's 94-win breakthrough in '13, which ended a streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons and produced the first of three straight postseason appearances. He was an All-Star in 2014 and 2017, and was Pittsburgh's most valuable position player last season by Baseball Reference's version of WAR.

Per Nightengale, Rivero "will receive $2.5M in 2018, $4M in 2019, $5.25M in 2020, $7.25M in 2021 and $2 million signing bonus".

It's been a busy few days for the Pirates, who traded starting pitcher Gerrit Cole to the Houston Astros on Saturday in exchange for pitchers Joe Musgrove and Michael Feliz, third baseman Colin Moran and outfielder Jason Martin. The Pirates were unable to consummate a deal involving him then, but moved him from center to right field before the 2017 season.

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