Kevin Gorman

And they're both kind of willing to do whatever role the Pirates want to put them in.

Every reliever wants to be the closer.

Let's make that clear.

But they also have Justin Lawrence, who closed out in Colorado in the past.

They have Mesa Montgomery, who's another really hard-throwing lefty that was acquired in the trade with Lau and Jake Magnum from Tampa Bay.

So there are options.

The other guy who looks really good is Kyle Nicholas.

He's going to play for Team Italy in the WBC.

So there's a lot of options in the back end of the bullpen.

And then, you know, you mentioned at the very beginning, Carmen Majinski, he's another guy who could be a high-leverage reliever if he's in the bullpen and if Jose Arcoiti wins the fifth spot in the rotation.

So the Pirates have a lot more options, I think, than they've had in years past.

I'm not sure that they have a lights-out closer like they had when David Bednar was at his best.

But I do think that they have better guys, you know, in front of and around that situation.

And I think it's nice that they have the ability to go matchup-based.

If you have, you know, in the eighth inning, you're facing a bunch of lefties, you're going to have Soto there.

But if it's the opposite, it's a ninth.

Maybe Soto pitches a ninth and Santana handles the eighth.

They had some chicken and beef tacos.

It wasn't bad.

It was actually pretty decent ballpark food.