Bob Pompeiani

He's one of those guys who just has what it –

what it looks like that it'll be a star in this league.

And they can only hope for that.

Then you'd have Skeens, you'd have him, and you'd have O'Neal Cruz, who may have one of those breakout seasons.

What if all three of those things happen?

You know, Austin, you get Cruz breaking out to the tune of the kind of numbers you want.

Connor Griffin proves he can be that guy, play every day at shortstop.

And then, of course, you have Paul Skeens, anchoring a pitching staff that may be one of the better ones in the game.

All of a sudden, the game changes.

And in a short series, if it ever comes to that, the Pirates would be a very difficult out.

Yeah, me too, but I felt that even without him here.

I just think they have enough going with some of their newcomers and their pitching combined that that could have been a thing.

So we had this conversation at the beginning of the season about the Milwaukee Brewers.

So here they are 5-1 to start the season.

I was one of those who thought they'd take a step back this year.

Cardinals are second, which I don't suspect that'll last.

And you wonder about J.J.

Weatherholt.

Speaking of contracts, right?

They brought him up.