So the way stuff works anymore, somebody posted on Twitter, a thing that was said on Reddit, and Andrew McCutcheon responded.

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Cutch saw a thing in which a reporter for Major League Baseball, whom I shall leave unnamed,

because he's a friend and he worked here at D.K. Pittsburgh Sports for a long time,

wrote, as follows, right now,

I'm leaning towards Kutch not coming back. Now, that's not a news report. That's not based on

anything. That's quite literally the reporter answering a question that somebody had for him on Reddit.

Cutch seized this opportunity to reply, wow, that's news to me.

And naturally, of course, it's Cutch's reply. That's news to everyone else.

Now, you're free to interpret that as you wish. Here's what I've got for

you. I see this as a twofold thing because there are clearly two entities involved. One is the

team, the other is the player. Everything that I know about Cutch, everything that he's told me,

everything that I've heard since the end of the season,

including, by the way, that remark, would strongly suggest he's not done.

And I can't fathom a scenario in which he would want to be done.

Not now.

Makes no sense.

Most importantly, because he can still play.

You can say what you want about where he rates against other DHS in the National League,

the American League.

When it comes to the Pirates, he was still their second best hitter behind Brian Reynolds

by using OPS and by limiting the field to the three players who were able to collect

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