Prospect Podcast: Can the Pirates Be A Playoff Team Before Long?
12 November 2025

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

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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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