Beloved Pirates OF makes Rangers Opening Day roster after late signing

The Texas Rangers roster for Opening Day will have some new faces, as every team's roster does. But, for the roster in Texas, the outfield and the designated hitter spots are, for the most part, full.

Wyatt Langford, Brandon Nimmo, Evan Carter, and Joc Pederson are all going to make the roster and be key contributors this upcoming season. But a late signing this offseason is also now expected to make the Rangers' Opening Day roster.

According to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, the Rangers are expected to name beloved Pittsburgh Pirates legend and outfielder Andruw McCutchen to the Opening Day roster this season.

Andruw McCutchen makes Rangers' Opening Day roster

"Barring injury, Mark Canha has been told he will not make the Rangers Opening Day roster, so Andrew McCutchen will make the Rangers roster," Grant reports.

McCutchen, the righty-hitting outfielder, could get some run as the Rangers' right-handed hitting platoon bat for Pederson or Carter when facing left-handed pitching.

The 39-year-old former MVP, five-time All-Star, and four-time Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Award winner is set to make the Rangers' Opening Day roster as a bench bat.

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In seven games for the Rangers this spring, across 24 plate appearances, McCutchen had eight hits, three doubles, one home run, seven RBIs, five runs scored, six walks, only three strikeouts, and a .444 batting average with a 1.361 OPS.

The 17-year outfielder is joining the Rangers in the Majors, which will be his sixth MLB stint in his long career, which began in 2009 with the Pirates.

The beloved Pirates outfielder spent 12 seasons in Pittsburgh, with his second-longest stint coming over three years with the Philadelphia Phillies, which just so happens to be the team the Rangers are opening the season against.

As long as McCutchen stays on the Rangers' MLB roster, he will get a chance to face the Pirates during their series in Texas from April 21st through the 23rd.

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