Pirates legend Andrew McCutchen calls out team for fan fest snub on social media

Andrew McCutchen is simply a Pittsburgh Pirates legend, but helium isn’t blessed with the franchise aft not being invited to their yearly instrumentality fest earlier the commencement of the 2026 MLB season.

McCutchen has played 12 of his 17 MLB seasons successful Pittsburgh, including the past 3 campaigns. He won the National League MVP determination successful 2013, yet the existent escaped cause wasn’t asked to interact with fans astatine their yearly event.

McCutchen aired retired the Pirates connected societal media, comparing himself to different legends of teams passim the league that spell to functions acceptable up each year.

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Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates looks connected from the dugout during the crippled betwixt the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates astatine PNC Park connected Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Joe Sargent/MLB Photos)

"I wonder, did the Cards bash this [to Adam] Wainwright/[Albert] Pujols/Yadi [Molina]? Dodgers to [Clayton] Kershaw? Tigers to Miggy [Miguel Cabrera]? The database goes connected and on," McCutchen wrote connected X.

"If this is my past year, it would person been bully to conscionable the fans 1 past clip arsenic a player."

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Pirates GM ben Cherington was asked astir McCutchen’s lack from the instrumentality fest, wherever helium had the media trained answer.

"Andrew has meant a ton to the team," helium responded, per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "He’s had an unthinkable tally astatine 2 antithetic times. Certainly, his bequest arsenic a Pirate is secure. Everybody with the Pirates, it’s our tendency to support a truly bully narration with Andrew good into the future."

Andrew McCutchen #22 of the Pittsburgh Pirates looks connected aft a instrumentality fell from the stands during the seventh inning against the Chicago Cubs astatine PNC Park connected April 30, 2025 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

McCutchen, 39, remains a escaped agent, but wants to play successful 2026. Many judge helium volition beryllium backmost with the Pirates for possibly his last MLB season, but that hasn’t travel to fruition conscionable weeks earlier outpouring training.

"The occupation is to physique a squad that gives america the champion accidental to triumph games erstwhile you’re astatine the ballpark successful June and July," Cherington said. "Our attack this offseason has been laser-focused connected what gives america the champion accidental to triumph much shot games successful Pittsburgh than we person successful the past seasons. That’s gonna proceed to usher our decisions. So overmuch respect for Andrew. That narration is truly important to us.

"We’ll proceed to pass with him straight arsenic the squad comes together."

Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates runs to archetypal basal against the Washington Nationals astatine Nationals Park connected Sept. 13, 2025 successful Washington, DC. (G Fiume/Getty Images)

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McCutchen slashed conscionable .239/.333/.367 with a .700 OPS implicit 135 games for Pittsburgh past season.

For this Pirates career, McCutchen has deed .281/.372/.467 with a .839 OPS, 248 location runs, 351 doubles, and 875 RBI implicit 1,713 vocation games.

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