Ben Shulman

Big part of those relationships, a big talking point when you had first come up, you, Ernie, and Davis all living together, all getting to the team at the same time.

What has it been like not being teammates with them, and how do you guys kind of stay in touch or keep the contact going there?

Ernie especially.

He's turned out.

I mean, Davis was a celebrity when you were here.

Ernie has reached full 2023.

People wearing Schneid mustache.

He's kind of fame.

Speaking with Spencer Horowitz, Pirates, first baseman, so now you're with the Pirates.

I'd asked you this off mic before, but what is your Davis-Ernie equivalent now?

I know there's not going to be the exact same guys, but what was the group that you ended up finding yourself in once you get over to a team where maybe you didn't know that many guys coming in?

And similarly, sometimes you could be three-quarters of an infield, like you might have been with Davis at second and Ernie at third or short at times.

In general, what has it been like switching teams, switching organizations?

You get to play a beautiful PNC Park all the time, but what is switching leagues as well?

What has that whole experience been like for you last year and now getting your first full year after an injury last year under your feet in Pittsburgh?

Last one for you, talking to you on the day that Paul Skeens is going to go.

Pirates, very exciting team right now.

And Paul Skeens, maybe the best pitcher in the world.

Connor Griffin, maybe baseball's top prospect.

What has it been like to play with guys like that and to see kind of the excitement in Pittsburgh with baseball come back with the team off to a really nice start in a big offseason?