Following an 11-1 loss to the Reds in Cincinnati on the final day of May, Phillies left fielder Andrew McCutchen’s slash line was one you would expect from a 20-year-old rookie who had never played above AA before.
In 49 games (210 plate appearances), the veteran left fielder was hitting .201/.319/.362 with an OPS of .681. He had hit seven home runs in the season’s first two months and driven in 21, but a handful of defensive lapses and a 57/31 K/BB ratio had some wondering if the time had come for Cutch to transition into a full-time platoon role with Matt Joyce or Brad Miller.