Austin Bechtel

Is that when it jumps like to 130 or when the conversation is supposed to get to that point?

Yeah, I think it definitely is a great way to go.

This is not going to be, unless he significantly struggles, he comes up for a couple weeks and if he bats right around 220, that they send him down.

No, he's up now and unless he hits worse than Henry Davis, he's going to be on the Major League team throughout the season.

Can I pose one question for you?

Sure.

Do you think, even in just the slightest amount that this might be, that the Pirates were just so sick of what they saw from Jared Triola with the bat

hitting in the 130s, and I know he got a hit yesterday.

What did he do?

It was another incentive as to why they wanted to bring Connor Griffin up.

Well, if the reason is he's the best option, he is the best option.

But we knew that on opening day.

Absolutely.

That he was going to be the best option.

I think everybody saw and also heard just the excitement level for me, the excitement level for you when we first announced this breaking news.

But it does surprise me, Bob, of the timing.

There's been no extension that's been announced.

Maybe it will be announced tomorrow morning.

They're caring so much about this draft pick, I think, but also...

If you were calling him up to make his debut on the home opener, I feel like that would make so much more sense in 23, 24, 25, when this team basically did not have that many expectations.