Sean Gentile

I know.

It's like 45 degrees this weekend.

I'm willing to wait a couple weeks to when the weather gets warmer.

Like I said, maybe I'm too optimistic.

It has, and that's saying something, Matt, and I appreciate it.

Good for Davis, bad for everyone else.

When the first overall pick that many people were already ready to double bust, which I wouldn't blame you if you did.

His defense is great, but he hasn't been able to show an ability to hit.

Callis mentioned that game on Saturday, and I had to double-check this, triple-check this, and look again.

With runners in scoring position, the Pirates were 2-for-18, and they left 17 guys on base in that game for Mitch Keller.

Exactly.

The game they lost 4-2.

Not good.

So you're just repeating trends that were already seen last year.

And if it wasn't for Brandon Loud, it wasn't for Ryan O'Hearn and their hot start so far.

You'd be looking at exactly what the case was last year, where you got crushed by Miami, a bad team, and going into the home opener, you get throttled by New York.

What was that?

Didn't they get seven runs off Mitch Keller in that game, too?

I don't think that'll happen for Keller in the opener against the Orioles this week.

But man, there are just some alarming trends that have continued from year to year.