One of the most intriguing subplots this offseason is whether the Pittsburgh Pirates will trade five-time All-Star and 2013 National League MVP Andrew McCutchen. It’s rare for a team to trade a player who has won an MVP award for that franchise, but not unprecedented. In recent years, for example, the Minnesota Twins traded Justin Morneau and the Seattle Mariners traded Ichiro Suzuki.
Those two, however, were past their prime and both teams were facing rebuilding situations. McCutchen is just 30 years old, and though he had a poor 2016, he finished fifth in the MVP balloting in 2015.