The Pittsburgh Pirates officially signed outfielder Andrew McCutchen earlier today. To make room on the 40-man roster, outfielder Miguel Andujar has been designated for assignment.
The Pirates picked up Andujar off of waivers from the New York Yankees in late September of 2022. He was able to get into nine games with the Pirates before the season ended. Andujar, who turns 28 years old soon, has played parts of six seasons in the majors, putting together a .272/.302/.447 slash line in 268 games. He has put up 1.4 WAR during that time, though he had 2.