Jason Mackey

I don't want to say it doesn't matter limits, but I mean, it, it matters in conjunction with everything else.

Like he needs to play baseball well, and not that he didn't play baseball well in spring, but like,

If there are holes in his game, then the Pirates are doing a disservice to him by bringing him up before he's ready.

And the argument can absolutely be made that he's just simply not ready.

And so you sort of put everything else there on the shelf.

I mean, you know, is that something the Pirates value?

Is that something that maybe bakes into the equation if everything else is equal?

Sure.

But like, I just don't think they're going to put him in a position where

on the roster if they don't feel like he's where he needs to be baseball-wise, and I don't think he is.

I don't think he'll hit sixth limits.

I think that's probably a better spot for Spencer Horwitz.

But, like, I do think Jared Triolo is a very important part of this team.

I think the internal opinion of Jared Triolo is probably a little bit different than the external opinion.

And I'm not ruling out sometime this season where he does hit six.

Like, if they have a lefty on the mound and they want to bring Jake Mangum into the lineup, they really like that sort of second leadoff presence.

So you might go a different direction.

It depends on if they bring O'Neal Cruz out of the lineup, but like if Mangum's in there, they kind of like him in the nine spot and that might bump Jared Triolo up a little bit.

I'm not sure.

Cause you still got to figure out Henry Davis and then maybe Nick Gonzalez in there, whatever.