Joe

Jonathan, you brought up how he carries himself, the mentality that he has.

And I want to ask when you get to know these guys a little bit, how much does that play into sort of how you see them working out in the major leagues, like more so than just the raw tools that are off the charts?

When you think of how the dude I think we compared him to some guy that was like Joe.

Joe said he carries himself like he's a 35 year old man.

He does.

How much does that play a factor into how you see a prospect working out?

Connor himself has made comparisons to Bobby Witt.

Do you think he's a better player than that?

Do you think he's selling himself short?

Does it feel like a changing of the guard or at least a whole changing of their mentality?

Because it's been Bob Nutting as the owner, it's been Ben Charrington here since the COVID year, but it just feels like a little changing of the guard in how they do business.

He's here.

They should be raised.

Here's my proclamation, and maybe the pony point kind of stole a little bit of my thunder.

I believe that Connor Griffin will be the best Pirates position player since Barry Bonds.

He will win multiple MVPs.

He will win the Rookie of the Year this year, and he will bat over .300 and have a strong case to make the All-Star game this year.

I expect him to be their second best hitter by July if he's not that by the end of May.

And I don't see why an average right around 290, 300, maybe if it is right around 280, he hits 20 home runs.

He drives in 80-plus runs.