This blurb on Andrew McCutchen is well worth reading if you have a subscription. Kevin Goldstein points out that Spring Training, for whatever it's worth, has been a really positive one for the Pirates, what with McCutchen's solid hitting, an extremely good debut by Pedro Alvarez, and more good performances by Andy LaRoche and Ross Ohlendorf. (Goldstein doesn't say this, but Jose Tabata was very good too.) It further says that the Pirates' offense is going to be "dangerous" within a few years.