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The Hot Stove season will be underway by the time next week’s newsletter rolls around. As we prepare for the winter, this newsletter should help answer some questions Pirates fans might have.

Which players are free agents?

After a busy Trade Deadline and a couple of waiver moves in August, the Pirates’ only pending free agent is Andrew McCutchen. This is the third straight winter that he'll be a free agent after a one-year deal, but it’s not a forgone guarantee that he will be back in 2026.

“We’ll see what happens,” McCutchen said about his future after the team’s final home game on Sept. 21. “Obviously a lot of that stuff i

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