Over the weekend the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they will be shuffling their starting outfield for the 2017 season.  Gregory Polanco will move from right field to left field, Sterling Marte will shift from left field to center field, and Andrew Mc Cutchen will shift from center field to right field.  I personally think this will be a great move for the Pirates. Sterling Marte has won two consecutive gold gloves in left field and has more than proven he is capable and deserving of being the Pirates center fielder. Cutch not only had a bad year batting his defense was less than adequate all season long. Polanco was more than average in left field when filling in for Marte last season.  We are less than two weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training and the position players soon to follow. The timing of the announcement was perfect and let everyone know before spring training exactly where they would be playing this year.  This coming Saturday on the Saturday Sports Slam we’ll be discussing this and taking calls on your opinion. Tune in from 8 to 10 AM.

Story by Frank Sparks, co-host of The Saturday Sports Slam