Noah opens the show discussing his new Pirates superstitions, then the boys discuss the Pirates performance during all star week. Noah discusses his growing appreciation for the Pirates 1st round pick Konnor Griffin and goes through the rest of the Pirates interesting selections (9:06). Dawson shares one of his favorite finds of the week with Braves pitcher Francisco Vicioso potentially having the worst control in baseball history (14:05). Nick Castellanos is back to his usual shenangains, as the boys review the Pirates last few games (24:23). The show closes with a roundtable discussion of the Pirates approach coming up at the trade deadline.

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Dawson, Mike, and Noah are back opening the show discussing the poor performance of umpires in the Pirates series over the weekend, and explore what a full automated balls and strikes system (ABS) would look like. All-Star week is approaching, and the Pirates selections of Paul Skenes and Bryan Reynolds take the spotlight (19:20). The boys run through the Pirates current injury list, alonf with what will be done going forward for Paul Skenes and Jared Jones to manage their workload (33:00). The Pirates strategy for the trade deadline remains unclear, but there are a few players that have been tied to Pittsburgh as a trade destination (59:40). Noah closes the show discussing the Pirates draft strategy and potential 1st roud pick with Mike and Dawson (1:04:21).

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On today's show, Dawson, Mike, and Noah open discussing former Pirate Tucupita Marcano being banned from baseball for life, along with some banter regarding the possibility of players being able to bet on themselves. Then, Dawson explains his frustrations regarding Alanna Rizzo's disrespectful comments towards the Pirates as the boys discuss the Pirates series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers (10:43). Noah takes a look at some of Rowdy's long-awaited improvements, along with Ben Heller's historically bad outings (22:34). The fellas have a roundtable discussion about the insanity of the phantom foul tip, which resulted in a Pirates loss (32:10). Noah has a farm report on the recently promoted Braxton Ashcraft, and an update on a record Mitch Keller is chasing (44:04). Later, the show closes with the boys reveling in team USA's cricket victory, and the great Baseball Twitter vs Cricket Twitter War of 2024.

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