For several years, I’ve been talking about how the Pirates could end up having the best outfield in baseball, with Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte, and Gregory Polanco. This Dream Outfield™ started taking shape in 2012 with Polanco’s breakout season. It really started looking like a Dream Outfield™ in 2013, when Polanco started emerging as one of the best prospects in baseball, Starling Marte started realizing his potential in the majors, and Andrew McCutchen won the MVP award.
But now, we’re there. This is the outfield we imagined several years ago, and the results might be better than expected so far.