Texas Rangers DFA 5x All-Star & Former MVP Winner
McCutchen, 39, signed with Texas on a minor league deal in March and earned his way onto the Opening Day roster, serving primarily as the right-handed half of a designated hitter platoon with Joc Pederson.
McCutchen Heads to the Waiver Wire
He started the season encouragingly, hitting .333 with a .980 OPS through April 8.
Then the slump hit and never stopped.
The Andrew McCutchen linsanity run was so much fun to watch. It was time to move on though.
— SleeperRangers (@SleeperRangers) May 27, 2026
His time with the Rangers was short, but he made an impact. Thanks Cutch🫡 pic.twitter.com/2atmaMMjSt
He batted .192 with a .277 on-base percentage, .260 slugging, one home run, and five RBIs over 73 at-bats across the full 37-game sample, managing 22 strikeouts against just nine walks in that stretch.
The Rangers are 15-32 and already one of the worst offensive teams in baseball, sitting 27th in runs scored at the time of the move.
There was simply no room on a struggling roster to continue waiting on a 39-year-old former MVP to find the version of himself that looked dominant in the first week of the season.
The Rangers have designated Andrew McCutchen for assignment.
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) May 27, 2026
McCutchen hit .192 with a .537 OPS in 73 at-bats for the Rangers this season. pic.twitter.com/tllDXVhzqB
McCutchen is entering the final chapter of a career that produced 333 home runs, 2,270 hits, a 2013 NL MVP award, five All-Star selections, four Silver Sluggers, and one Gold Glove across stops in Pittsburgh, San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee before two return stints with the Pirates sandwiched his one Texas season.
With more than five years of MLB service time, he can decline an outright assignment and become a free agent, which is the most likely path forward.
Lopez, who most recently split time between Colorado and Chicago's organizations, hit .333 in 15 Triple-A games with Albuquerque before being traded to the Cubs for cash and appearing in four games for Chicago before being DFA'd.
The Rangers are now his third organization this calendar year.
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