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Andrew McCutcheon reported to spring training the day before position players were required to report.

That was yesterday in Bradenton, Florida, and he predictably, as he always does, actually,

met with reporters.

And unlike previous recent springs, he showed up without any kind of lingering or recovering health issues. Remember, there was the Achilles, there was before that, the knee.

This time, it was just a kutch and a big smile.

Yeah, definitely.

I actually have a full offseason to be able to prepare and do what I need to do to get ready.

Yeah, it's good.

I don't have to give extra time to something because I needed to.

It was good.

So I was able to physically get myself ready mentally too.

And yeah, man, good quality of life, man, be able to hang out with family, you know,

and just enjoy my off-season as much as I could.

Because I knew once I got down here, there was going to be some adjustments that had to be made

and got to give some of this time to baseball.

So, you know, here we are, feeling good.

And, yeah, I feel like I always say the same thing every single year.

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