Prospect Podcast: Can the Pirates Be A Playoff Team Before Long?

This week in another edition of our Fix It series, Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper take a look at the Pittsburgh Pirates. We are much more bullish about the Pirates turnaround, although we also get into why Pirates fans understandable are skeptical.

(0:00) Have Any Fans Suffered More Than Pirates Fans?

(5:00) Ownership Has To Do Better

(7:00) Paul Skenes Is A Great Start For Any Team

(9:00) Strengths And Weaknesses Of The MLB Team

(13:00) With Bubba Chandler Arriving, This Rotation Is Stacked

(18:00) Hitting Development Has To Take A Step Forward

(21:30) What's Termarr Johnson's Potential?

(27:00) Why We Are Optimistic

(28:30) Konnor Griffin Can Be A Star

(30:00) It's Hard To Not Win If You Have Two Stars

(37:00) Trying To Figure Out The Rest Of The Lineup

(39:00) Spend Some Money

(45:00) Bold Predictions

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