The odds of the Pittsburgh Pirates trading away outfielder Andrew McCutchen as the deadline draws closer are “good,” suggests Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com.
The Pirates are 31-38, but they are just six games out of first place in the National League Central.
Rosenthal makes his guess on recent history, noting that the Pirates were just three games out of the second wild card last July 30 when they dealt reliever Mark Melancon to the Nationals.
“McCutchen, the former MVP who sparked the Pirates’ renaissance, is more of an institution in Pittsburgh than Melancon was,” Rosenthal writes.