{"id":778243,"date":"2026-07-03T19:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778243\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:18:19","slug":"braves-sign-former-nl-mvp-andrew-mccutchen-to-minor-league-deal-in-ongoing-search-for-a-veteran-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778243\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves sign former NL MVP Andrew McCutchen to minor league deal in ongoing search for a veteran bat"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The Atlanta Braves<\/a> signed former NL MVP outfielder Andrew McCutchen<\/a> to a minor league contract on Friday in their ongoing search for a veteran who can provide offensive help.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old McCutchen was released by the Texas Rangers<\/a> on May 27 after he hit .192 in 37 games as a designated hitter, pinch hitter and outfielder.<\/p>\n

The NL East-leading Braves (50-35) signed first baseman Carlos Santana<\/a>, 40, to a minor league deal last week. McCutchen, the 2013 NL MVP with Pittsburgh, is expected to soon report to Triple-A Gwinnett. On Thursday, another veteran first baseman, Rowdy Tellez<\/a>, was designated for assignment as rookie shortstop Jim Jarvis<\/a> was recalled from Gwinnett.<\/p>\n

McCutchen played his first nine seasons in the majors with the Pirates and earned five straight All-Star berths from 2011-15 while becoming one of the team\u2019s most popular players. After stints with five other teams from 2018-22, he returned to the Pirates for the 2023-25 seasons.<\/p>\n

In 2025, McCutchen hit .239 with 13 homers and 57 RBIs in 135 games before becoming a free agent. He is a career .271 hitter with 333 homers, 1,157 RBIs and 220 stolen bases in 2,299 games.<\/p>\n

The Braves on Friday also recalled right-hander Anthony Molina<\/a> and optioned right-hander James Karinchak<\/a> to Gwinnett. Right-hander Ian Hamilton<\/a> was designated for assignment.<\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The Atlanta Braves signed former NL MVP outfielder Andrew McCutchen to a minor league contract…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-778243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}