The Brewers made a trade today, acquiring Lance McCullers from the Astros. McCullers hasn’t done much of anything in 5 years, but we’re sure he will become a great pitcher again because that’s how things work in Milwaukee. Poni had 3 names at the ready for the Pirates to target, all left-handed pitchers, heading into the trade deadline. The most attractive name was Robbie Ray, which could cost a pair of prospects, neither of which being in the MLB’s Top 100. Is it worth looking into Kyle Freeland, who has been horrible for the Rockies?
When was the last time the Pirates didn’t have a player play in the All Star Game?
Former Penguin Tyler Kennedy joined the show. It took Anthony Mantha 2 weeks to sign with someone and that team was the New Jersey Devils. It was for less term and money than we expected, maybe due to his disappearing act in the playoffs. What is the Penguins’ free agent strategy and how they are playing things with their young players? Is Jason Robertson still a possibility? TK had a cup of coffee with the Devils, so they wanted his scouting report on how Mantha may enjoy it (or not). The guys joked about the Alex Ovechkin diet. Does that make you appreciate his greatness more? Could we get any good Sidney Crosby drinking stories out of TK?
