Austin Bechtel

I was curious.

Well, because I think that, one –

He's a power hitter.

We saw that in spring training.

We saw that with the 21 home runs that he hit last year, just in his first year of pro ball at 18, 19 years old.

He lengthens the lineup.

It takes a little bit of the pressure off of him if he would be in one of those, you know, in the first quadrant of the batting order.

So, eventually, I think he is a career three-hitter for 15 years, if you want him to be in that spot.

You know, hypothetically.

But I think if you bat him more towards the veteran hitters in the lineup, the Ryan O'Hearns,

the Horwitz's of the world, that would be a better spot than batting him leadoff.

Does that make sense at all?

We've got time for two, Bob.

And Bob, Joe Starkey might not be here, but that doesn't mean that he can't deliver a message for the people.

So one thing that I saw that I thought was interesting, Jim Bowden is a MLB analyst, insider, CBS Sports, athletic.

He works basically for everybody.

Former Major League General Manager and Executive of the Year.

And he got us started under Sin Thrift here in Pittsburgh.

He has been very critical of the Pirates in the past, but he tweeted out, the Conor Griffin era begins tomorrow in the Berk.

The Pirates' front office is quietly confident they'll be able to announce a long-term deal prior to the game.