Bob Pompeiani

He will be up.

I know we have a lot of people who want to talk about it.

And just hang on if you're on the line at 412-928-9370.

But we want to bring on the man who broke the story, Jason Mackey, Pirates insider.

You hear him a lot on the fan here.

And Jason, this is awesome to see.

I think based on the fact that he started in AAA, a lot of people didn't think this was going to happen so quickly.

Why did it happen so quickly?

And I think they instantly become a better team in the field and on the bench, too, because they can do some different things over there on the left side.

So...

I was waiting for a second part of your tweet about whether or not it would be a contract extension or at least a long term.

While I still think that's something they would like to get done, I don't think they're under any pressure to do it unless they wait until the end of the year and he has a breakout rookie of the year season or something like that.

So what is the status with that?

No, I know.

But I love the fact they're doing this now, too, so early in the season, coming off a couple of wins.

And even though he's up here, and I would expect him to be somebody, like I'm looking at the batting lineup.

To me, he'd be an ideal leadoff hitter.

I don't know if that's been discussed, but, I mean, he gets on base.

He knows how to steal.

He makes everyone better in that regard, I think.