Pomp, Joe, and Austin's 2026 Pirates time capsule
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What are the initial predictions for the Pirates' season opener?
All right. Getting ready for the Pirates' season opener. Paul Skeens is going to walk out to that mound. And I think win a game, and I think hold the Mets to one run. Five innings, one run.
Seven strikeouts. I say six innings, no runs.
Well, let's hope they give him at least one run.
And that's the thing. It'll be 0-0. They need to get some runs right off the bat. Make it a little easier for him. And then, you know, he'll make it tough on New York hitters.
Listen to the Pomp and Joe show on demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts. Limits, are you ready with the time capsule? We're opening it. Let's open up the vault, Joe. Let's do it. Save the whole show limits. Don't let it get lost like you did with our football show.
Oh, there's not a chance that it gets lost.
It goes right into my Google Drive. Because I promised listeners, if their predictions are correct, that we're going to play them in September or October. Okay? Sounds good to me. And we got a wide variety of predictions. And we do. And our first prediction. The vault has been opened.
I like that, Bob. Was that what that was?
Yeah, I know. It was bad. This is Geraldo. I thought it was a hey, Bob moment there. So did I. Geraldo Rivera opening the vault here, Bob. Who is your Pirates breakout player? Your breakout player. Bob, who you got?
Maybe Connor Griffin? My breakout player is O'Neal Cruz. And I say that because I need him to be what I think he's capable of being. We've seen some really good moments from him. We've seen a lot of bad things, defensively especially. But if he can be, I think he could be a 30-40 guy. 30 home runs, 40 stolen bases. So that's going to be what I'm looking for.
Holy bird oil. Limits, who's your breakout player this year?
I'm going out on a limb here. But I think it's finally time for Henry Davis to have the season that we're expecting him to. Wow. Henry Davis is my breakout player.
I would love to see that. If that happens, that's an unexpected jolt to the lineup.
He has improved significantly as a defensive catcher after being drafted as a bat-first guy. He was drafted as a hitter for a reason, man, and rushed to the majors to get here to help this lineup. I don't think he's going to hit like... 25 home runs. But I think if he hits 240 right around 10 homers and 50 RBIs, 12 homers is what I put out there on Twitter. That's a good season for Henry Davis to be able to build up his career.
So 250 with 10 home runs is a breakout season?
I think 240 with 12 home runs and 50 RBIs. Yeah, it's a breakout year for what he's been doing. Yeah, hitting under 200.
Hmm. Mine, I'm taking the obvious, and thank you for allowing me to do that, is Connor Griffin's going to have a breakout season and become the star that we all hope for, Bob. Is that a breakout year, though, if he hasn't debuted yet? That's the very definition of a breakout year. It's a break-in year.
I kind of use breakout as most improved because I don't think we're doing a most improved player, right?
All right. Limits has stepped in and ruined my pick.
No, Bob, do you agree? Am I off base here?
All right, then I'll go. Here's my breakout player. I'm off base. He does make a good point.
Who are the breakout players expected for the Pirates this season?
I'll go Braxton Ashcraft.
Great pick.
Thank you, Limits. As a bust-out player, Bob, do you like that pick?
Yeah, I do, because he's been here. We've seen a little bit of him, not a lot. So if he breaks out and breaks through, maybe we should call it the breakthrough player of the year. That's a good pick.
Thank you. Who was our Pirates' biggest surprise?
Henry Davis. That's a surprise for me.
It could be something off the field, on the field. I think the biggest surprise for the Pirates this year is that they are, in fact, going to win 86 games, eclipsing their over-under by about seven. And I think most expectations, I think that's going to be the biggest surprise of the year. City dweller?
The password is Jostinson Garcia comes up midseason and helps a lineup that has one big injury in it to its outfield. I think Jostinson Garcia, who had over 500 in spring training, is somebody who needs the extra at-bats in AAA.
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