◆NEWSPirates Notes: Keller, Pitching Pursuits, Lineup◆ROSTERSigned free agent RHP Enmanuel Nunez to a minor league contract◆STATPaul Skenes ranks 4th in the NL in strikeouts (200)◆STATNick Gonzales ranks 4th in the NL in batting average (.303)
◆NEWSPirates Notes: Keller, Pitching Pursuits, Lineup◆ROSTERSigned free agent RHP Enmanuel Nunez to a minor league contract◆STATPaul Skenes ranks 4th in the NL in strikeouts (200)◆STATNick Gonzales ranks 4th in the NL in batting average (.303)
Things were looking bleak for the first half of today’s rubber match. The offense was sputtering, Paul Skenes looked human, and vibes were very low. The power of Rafael Flores off the bench proved to be the hero today, as his 2 home runs brought the game back for a Brandon Lowe walkout in the 9th. In order to climb back into the playoff conversation, the Pirates need t continue to take 2/3 at a very minimum from this remaining August schedule and they accomplished that today. The Bucs are now 63-66 and sit 5.5 games out of a wild card spot. Watch Cody and Doug break down the game in detail here:
Rafael Flores plays hero for the Bucs yet again today, with his 2nd 2-homer game this season. He even managed to come off the bench to perform the heroics. He hits 2 home runs in the bottom of the 7th and 9th innings to tie the game up and pave the way for Brandon Lowe to do Brandon Lowe things. After today’s impressive power display, Flores is now slashing .313/.411/.729 for a wRC+ of 203. It is an extremely small sample size of 56 at-bats, but he is showing the raw hitting tools that Ben Cherington bet on when dealing David Bednar. I am balking at his defensive abilities at catcher and his whiff rates, but there is enough power in Flores to carve out a Major League career if he makes the proper adjustments. It will make for a fun roster crunch moment in 2026 if he doesn’t have the chops to stick at catcher full time.
Alex Stumpf For Pitching Coach?
The Pirates really need Skenes to be better than how he is currently pitching. Every elite pitcher has a down year, and Skenes is experiencing his worst year of his professional life. Today’s outing with his being unable to complete 5 innings is becoming a consistent trend for the Pirates’ ace. He walked 4 batters for the 2nd time this month and struggles to put guys away on a consistent basis. While Bill Murphy has not been able to get the best out of Paul, our good friend Alex might have a solution. He has written an entire Substack article about Skenes’ mechanics and why he’s not able to throw as hard. Alex mainly blames his arm angle being too high, not allowing him to whip the ball into the plate as fast as he used to. I can only pray that the Pirates listen to Stumpf, because nothing else seems to be working, and 2025 Paul Skenes could play a major role in getting the Pirates to Buctober. Read Alex’s column here:
Will Brandon Lowe be 33 next year? Yes. Does he have a worrying health record? Also yes. Will he be commanding a ransom in free agency? Yes again. Despite all those concerns, I would do almost anything money-wise to get this guy back in Pittsburgh for the next 3 years. Lowe wins us yet another game with a towering moon shot off of Kenley Jansen in the bottom of the 9th today. His OPS has fallen off, but his ability to change games with his elite power is a skill the Pirates have desperately needed for a long time. Bryan Reynolds and Ryan O’Hearn are both good, but they don’t have that ability, and Oneil Cruz has struggled to stay healthy to provide that over a long period of time. Home runs win you ball games, and combined with the above-average 2B defense, Lowe is a no-brainer to bring in. Nick Gonzales is talented, but the drop-off from Lowe to Gonzales would be a disastrous decision going into 2027.
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The Debate
Should the Pirates shut Paul Skenes down for the rest of the season?
normo0066NS9 Legend· 83d ago
Nice walk off by Lowe
With Cody Kohlman and Doug Ford.
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Key takeaways
1
Something is wrong with Paul Skenes, whether it's physical or mental, and the Pirates should shut him down for the rest of the season instead of making it worse.
2
Skenes was the best pitcher in baseball from the day he debuted. Now he's a fine third starter, and his career ERA has nearly doubled from under 2 to almost 4.
3
Don't DFA Oneil Cruz. He's a difference maker the lineup has been missing, and his arm from the wall beats the throws Jake Mangum has been lobbing to the cutoff man.
4
Esmerlyn Valdez's four-strikeout game isn't a red flag. He still sees the ball, takes his walks and has an .888 OPS after carrying the team for five weeks.
5
Nick Gonzales has turned into a batting-title hitter, but his defense has slipped badly. He needs offseason work because he's probably the second baseman next year.
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Walk off home runs.
Doug, what an ending.
We're on here watching the ending together and we're just like, all right, we've probably got another couple innings to go.
And then boom.
Wow.
Flores and Brandon Lowe.
Wow.
Just wow.
You know what I'm saying?
And look, that game, was a little depressing.
Paul Skenes looked a little better, but not much better.
And the team didn't, do much offensively.
The rest of the pitching was obviously very good.
But then you get, it starts with the first pitch hit, the pitch hit home run by Flores.
And that was just great.
And that was going to, spark a little conversation for us.
And then he does it again in the ninth inning.
And then, Spencer pops out and then, wow.
just unbelievable.
The team's still got a little life.
Still has a little life, right?
it's a big swing.
You lose this series.
Like I said, you lose this series.
Honestly, it's like, it feels like the season was over.
And now it's, there's still a slight chance.
I said, they got to win.
They got to, they have to win every series the rest of the year and get a couple of sweeps to make the playoffs, you know?
So, but, so they won the series.
And just in exciting fashion when, just wow.
Yeah.
you bring that up.
It seems like they're on pace to win every series.
But like you said, that's not, that's not going to be enough.
But hey, things are trending upward.
This team just pulled a rabbit out of its hat.
No thanks to the magician, but we'll get into that.
But yeah, I think even bigger story today than Brandon Lowe walking it off is you mentioned it.
Rafael Flores coming off the bench, hitting two home runs to get this team in position to win.
Just an insane performance.
And we were joking before the show started.
And before I get any further, get your hashtag raisins in.
Bucco's win.
We're giving out sandwiches.
But we're talking before this thing starts.
Before Brandon Lowe even hits the home run.
And we're like, Neil's opinion on that Bednar trade is looking a little worse day by day here.
And I was talking about how I was on that emergency podcast with him.
And I was, he was poo-pooing it.
I think Ryan was on with us.
And he was also pretty negative about the trade.
And I was sitting there like, I've heard good things about this kid.
Sure, the numbers aren't where you want to see him.
He's not going to be an instant impact.
And that's what you would like to get for a David Bednar type.
But we see it.
We see what he is able to develop into.
And yes, at the time, we're very scared of how the Pirates could develop hitters because they hadn't done it.
But now, what is this?
Two years later?
Look where we're at.
Was he traded last season?
I think, yeah.
I think.
I don't know.
I can't remember anymore.
Whenever he got traded, just the time that it took for him to get to this point was very short of him.
Like, the time period of it is short for him to show results.
And the results are huge.
Yeah.
Thanks, Michael B.
Yeah, we got to get Michael B in there.
He wants to remind me that Cherington's going to be fired.
I don't think he is.
I hope he is.
I wish today was a good day to fire Ben Cherington.
I wish it would happen today.
But he says, glad they walked it off, but they still aren't making the playoffs.
Probably an accurate statement.
These wins make me torn.
I want BC fired so badly.
Yes, Doug, he's gone.
And Skeen's stunk.
Once again, Michael, it's hard to argue with your core statements there.
and I won't go into Cherington.
I don't think Cherington's getting fired.
That's just not how Bob operates.
So, sadly.
Oh, sorry, I had it.
Sorry.
You got it.
I won't touch it.
Silas TV donates $5.
Says, row flow has been huge without Endy.
This walk-off could be a rally starter, but we need to ride this momentum into a streak.
Nine road games incoming.
Sorry, I'm a little dyslexic.
And that's, you got the Dodgers, right?
You got the Dodgers starting out, but then it's San Diego and St. Louis, two teams ahead of you in this, playoff chase.
So, that's a five out of six situation after taking two out of three from the Dodgers.
But, yeah, just piggybacking off of Silas' comment there, super, thank you again for the donation.
Just this offense, it seems like it's coming alive again, Doug.
You see it today.
You see Cruz getting base hits.
He didn't do, he didn't hit the home run.
He didn't do the big thing.
But he gets a base hit.
He steals a base.
That's what this team's been missing.
They've been missing that instant game changer in the lineup.
And that's what DiNardo has been saying.
Like, that's what we need to get back.
Oneil Cruz needs to get back because he's that guy.
He's the, he's a dynamic player, right?
He's a dynamic player.
He makes things happen.
Yes, he drives us crazy.
And I know, according to Twitter and to, our chat, the Greek chorus of perpetual doom, that, he should be DFA'd.
But I don't think so.
Like, there's a lot there.
And, again, he can do spectacular.
Look, he started the, when they threw the runner at it out, he got to that ball first.
He made a good throw.
Gonzalez made a nice, relay.
And, boom, they nailed him by, a mile.
So, Cruz can impact the game in so many ways and often does.
And sometimes, I know, sometimes it's to the negative.
But, man, he can, he's a difference maker and we need difference makers.
And that's, going back to his defense that you mentioned there, like, that's what everybody's worried about, right?
Like, replacing Mangum's defense.
Well, Doug, if you've been watching this team since Oneil Cruz has been out, how many times have we seen Jake Mangum rainbow that ball into the cutoff, man?
How many times has it just been a dinker of a throw and you're like, man, I wish that was a competitive cut, like, throw to the cutoff, man?
And that's where that difference is.
Cruz can throw the laser from the wall.
Like, that's what he brings to this offense.
Sure, he may not be the most dynamic, like, guy to find a ball.
It's going to take him a bit to track it down.
But he's going to get there and he's going to get it into the infield fast.
And we saw it today.
Yeah, it was great.
It was a great play.
he's got a cannon, right?
He's not always harnessed it the way that we want.
But, I just feel like I'm going to stop apologizing for him, right?
He'll drive me crazy.
He'll drive us all crazy.
Shout out Sean Hooper.
He's gifted 20 North Shore Nine memberships.
Lucky 20 of you are getting memberships.
It's a, great benefit to have.
And so thanks, Sean.
Sean's fired up because Sean's in California and he's going to go to some of these games.
And, he's like, all right.
like, I thought I was going to go to these games.
I wasn't going to go to these games.
He can't wait to shove it in his friends' faces that the Buccos are winning, man.
He cannot wait.
I look forward to him coming to these chats after the game.
So let's get to Michael B's second super of the day.
Thank you, Michael B.
And thank you, Michael B.
Flores is the first Pirate since 1900 with multiple home runs in a game without starting.
Also, Pirates traded for a catcher.
I think Andy's days are numbered.
I think he's talking about the Betancourt acquisition.
Wasn't exactly a trade.
We got him for money.
He paid for his contract from the Yankees deal.
If you follow soccer, that's how they trade players.
But yeah, I don't think I don't think they're giving up on Andy.
I imagine.
No, I think it's a matter of Andy is just he's hurt.
And that's all he's been his issue.
Right.
I think we just need to either give him a position.
I'd be open to trying him at third base.
Quite frankly, he's athletic.
He's got a good arm, blah.
But yeah, the catching seems to be wearing him.
he's just looks like he's too injury prone with that.
And that bat would really be nice if we could keep him in a lineup.
It looks like, he's figured some of it out.
So hopefully he's back soon.
But yeah, a back and forth might just be for insurance.
So we'll see.
Right.
Now back to this.
You can't send Flores down now, right?
I know.
Right.
You're right.
They're saying that.
We have too many catchers.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think I.
Well, maybe we don't have too many catchers.
There's just one that isn't going to go away.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I just like, how do you send Flores down after today, after what he's done while he's been up, really?
you don't really have to, Doug, right?
Because he can also play first base.
Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
He can first base catch.
There's options.
He can pinch hit.
I'm certain of that.
Right.
So back to the offense today, Doug, we talked about a lot of the positive, right?
Cruz came through.
You had Flores, as we mentioned, two for two home runs, two RBIs.
Deuce is wild for Rafael Flores.
Brandon Lowe comes up big with his only hit of the game with the walk-off.
I do want to talk a bit of the negative and I feel like it's, I should be the guy to talk about it.
The big glaring hole in the four hole today, the magician has lost his magic a bit.
It will return.
I almost promise that it will return, but today we have to talk about Esmerlyn Valdez.
But like I said, maybe this is a bounce back point where he hits rock bottom and now it's like, okay, let's lock back in.
Let's hope they're going to need it.
But with the return of Cruz, the emergence now of Flores, if this gets the rest of the offense going and Esmerlyn Valdez ends up being the guy that's like a hole in the lineup, you're not hurting as much because you have those guys back that you were missing.
That's what a lot of people like get so frustrated with Esmerlyn Valdez that he's been so bad lately.
And it's like, well, he's been carrying this team.
He carried this team all what?
Like, how can you be, for five straight weeks, this rookie who, frankly, as big of a fan as I am of him, probably shouldn't have been up as soon as he was called up.
Like, this is a guy I did not expect to be this good, even though I'm such a huge fan of his ability.
Like, he has proven time and time again that he is just above everyone's expectations.
And if this, if he goes into a small slump like this, when everybody else is coming back, I cannot, I can't be mad about that, Doug.
It's the nature of baseball.
Yeah, right.
Like I said, he still has an 888 OPS.
We have not talked, in the past six years or so, we have not talked about a lot of players with an 888 OPS.
while talking about their slump, so, we spent most of our talking about guys with 600 OPSs, so, this is okay.
This is okay.
Shout out Amber.
She gave us, what was that, some jewels there and a high five, 100 jewels and a high five, and then she came back.
Well, Ducati guy came back with 67 jewels.
6, 7.
But, anyway, anything else offensively, Doug, that you want to touch on?
I think we touched on all the big bullet points today, but you had Gonzalez.
Gonzalez had another good game, went two for three, was on base.
He almost got hit in the head again, but he walked.
Yeah.
And I think, what, did Jake Gonzalez?
Yeah, they, yeah, again, the offense, it's similar to yesterday, right?
This is what we thought the formula was going to be all year long.
Some decent pitching, and most of that pitching came from the bullpen, but, and we'll get to that, obviously.
But, decent pitching, scoring just enough, just enough runs, to win the game.
And exciting, dramatic fashion.
Thank you, Michael B., for your 250 jewels and a clapping seal.
So, Doug, I think it's time, well, let's get back to David Hooray, five jewels.
Everybody's sending jewels now.
They're getting distracting.
We're going to have to get, we'll talk about those later.
Let's talk about the guy that started this game today.
It was after his second or third start, and they were interviewing him, and they said, like, what do you – he's like, I'll make adjustments.
That's what major league pitching is, and she says, well, what if they make an adjustment to you?
And he's like, good luck.
It was in the dugout in the middle of the field, right?
And we all just love that.
It's like, oh, this guy, this guy, this swagger, this confidence.
And then, now it's like, hey, Donnie took you out after 65 pitches.
It is what it is.
Yeah, Donnie is pushing you back.
Yeah.
Donnie, he's – he's – and he seems like he's lost his fire.
now, look, today he didn't have his command.
His velocity was a little better, but he didn't have his command.
something's wrong.
I don't know if it's physical.
I don't know if it's mental.
I don't know if it's karma, like if the baseball gods are saying, dude, we let you have too much too soon.
I don't know what it is.
But something's wrong.
And to be honest with you, I wouldn't – I would just shut him down the rest of the season.
I know we need to win, but we need to win.
And he's not really being a great contributor to that.
And I don't want to exacerbate anything.
It might be mental.
like he might just be, overwhelmed.
It might be World Baseball Classic.
It might be doing too many commercials.
I don't know what it is.
I don't know what it is.
But let's not exacerbate the situation.
Let's shut him down.
If he needs to clear his head, let him clear his head.
If he needs rest, let him rest.
If there's some injury they haven't told us about, let it heal.
But, yeah, I don't want to watch him pitch anymore this year.
Ooh, strong words.
But Michael B. donates two bucks to say Mackie said schemes will probably be shut down.
Great.
Now, maybe that happened right after the game.
They probably – or emailed.
They probably had interviews after the game and talked to him and talked to Donnie, and we haven't seen that yet.
Right.
But I'm also leaning that way.
I'm leaning the way of I think he needs to shut down, especially if you're going to give him more rest off of what he's supposed to pitch on Sunday.
Right, Doug?
Yeah.
And now you're saying, well, we're going to wait until Wednesday.
We're going to give him more rest.
It's like, okay, I get that.
But wouldn't it just be better to, like, not shut him down for the season, but maybe, like, a fan of my Al stint, put him on a 10-day and say, hey, we're going to send you down, watch some stuff go over the plate,
get some cheap strikeouts in AAA, and then come on back and see how you look.
obviously, they don't really have the depth to do that.
But when you're the reigning Cy Young is pitching like this, Doug, you've got to try everything.
Yeah.
It was just a rough game today.
Yeah.
Like I said, the first at bat.
The thing, though, Doug, the thing, though, Doug, is we say it was a rough day.
And how many runs did he give up?
He gave up three runs.
And part of that was, Soto came in and, didn't extinguish the fire.
Oh, he was.
I'm sorry.
He did give up all three runs.
I thought he gave up one or two.
But still, only three runs.
Like, that's not horrible.
Like, this is what we always say about Paul skiing starts, right?
Even when he was good and he didn't look great.
Oh, he only gave up one.
He only gave up two, but he doesn't look himself.
He doesn't look like Paul skiing.
He's pitching average.
Yeah.
Yeah.
From what we've come to know with Paul skiing, average doesn't cut it, unfortunately.
Right.
that's the thing.
He was the best pitcher in baseball from the time he stepped on the mound for the Pirates.
And now he's a fine third starter, you know.
Doesn't mean he can't bounce back.
And I fully expect him to.
But right now, yeah.
So, yeah, we have every right to be disappointed.
he gave us, he had a career ERA of under two coming into this.
And now, it's doubled.
it's almost four now.
So, and again, he just doesn't look like himself.
And so, you know.
And, yeah, Paul's asking for, a bullpen.
We do well.
Oh, let's call it no one.
Sorry.
We do well with bullpen games.
Yeah.
We do well with bullpen games.
Yeah.
They figure it out.
It's just a matter of.
We're always disgusted when we see them.
We're like, oh, I can't believe they're doing it.
And then we win.
It's just a matter of how frequently can you really do that, right?
Because you're going to be using at least three or four arms to get through that game.
You're two weeks away from being able to bring up two players to the roster.
That could be helpful if they use it properly.
But still, like I said, you know.
again, they're on a razor thin, balancing, tightrope.
And it's hard to just say, oh, yeah, we'll just, do this.
We won't pitch, our stud, you know.
So.
Yeah.
But, hey, you got guys like Khristian Curtis who I believe he went on the IL.
He's off it now, right?
I think so, yeah.
Yeah.
That's a guy that given an opportunity to him.
He pitched well in Cleveland, and then they sent him down, and we were like, what the heck?
Yeah.
This guy's good.
Yeah.
I won't be mad seeing.
And, again, if Curtis is part of a bullpen game where, maybe.
But he throws three or four in it.
that thing.
I don't know.
They're the geniuses.
They're the ones being paid millions of dollars a year.
They're supposed to figure this out.
Some of them self-proclaimed genius, but.
Yes.
As usual, they're not actually delivering.
But let's talk.
I think we talked enough about Skenes.
Everybody knows how we feel about it.
He had 11 whiffs, which is good.
Like I said, it's not what you want to see, but it's on any other team, if he has any other name attached to him, that's a decent outing.
But anyway.
Well, he's becoming more affordable with every start now, so.
Right.
He's helping us out in arbitration here.
So.
But let's look at the rest of the pitching staff today.
You had Gregory Soto came in, and that's when that third run for Skenes was earned on a flyout.
Or a sack fly, I should say.
But Soto himself only gives up one hit.
Had two strikeouts and one and two thirds innings.
Two whiffs.
Pretty good outing from him.
And then Doval comes in.
Well, he did allow the runs to score.
Right.
He allowed the runs to score.
That was.
he doesn't get charged with them.
They were credited to Skenes, though.
Yeah.
That's why I thought Skenes only gave up two, but.
Yeah.
Yeah, the baseball run scoring and all that, you know.
And then Mason Montgomery comes in, and things got a little interesting there, Doug.
In the ninth inning.
He gives up the two hits, and then what it.
I can't remember exactly the.
Someone was on first.
Flores tried to throw down on him because he started running towards second.
There's a man on first and second at this point.
And Flores, love him.
Love him for his offense.
But if he just throws that ball to the bag, even though Horwitz wasn't there, you got a better chance of Horwitz catching that ball than throwing it to where he was standing.
They had the guy nailed, too.
They had him dead to rights.
And it was just a bad throw.
It was a good decision to throw.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just the execution wasn't there.
Yeah.
So that made things interesting.
And then Montgomery gets out of it with, I believe, it was a flyout.
And that sealed it from the defensive side.
what else happened?
Were there, oh, Gonzalez did have an error today that was like, should have held on to that ball.
It was trying to attempt a double play.
Triolo had the nice flip from shortstop to him.
And I think it's just one of those things where Gonzalez is trying to do a little too much and should have just been like, hey, I'm going to hold on to this ball and we're going to get through this.
And we're going to, you know.
But Gonzalez continuing to have the struggles in the field.
Yeah.
Yeah.
he's really regressed.
he was not this bad when he first came up.
Now, he put a lot of work into his hitting this offseason, obviously.
Hopefully he can keep that up and work on the fielding stuff.
Because more than likely, he's the second baseman next year.
Yeah.
At this point, yes.
Yeah.
And it really does, like you said, with his offense.
Like, it seems like he spent this past offseason transforming himself as a hitter.
Because when he was drafted, it was expected he'd be a power hitter.
Right, Doug?
He was supposed to be a power guy.
He was supposed to bring in a lot of runs.
Well, when he was first drafted, he was going to win batting titles.
Right.
And then, right, he didn't do it.
Like, from his first at bat in, low A or whatever.
Like, yeah, he was hitting the ball with some pop.
Right.
It looked like, okay, he's another guy that they're going to try to have turn into a power guy.
And, yeah, sure, but he was, and we all would talk about it.
He's a better fielder than we thought he, than he came as advertised.
And not so much now.
Right.
And, like, that offense his whole approach to his offense has changed.
And now, look, like he said, he's supposed to be fighting for batting titles.
Look what he's doing.
Like, he's in the conversation for a batting title right now.
Well, unfortunately for him, he's going to have a lot to come back from.
Yeah, it's not going to be this year.
Next year.
But looking at the defense from Nicky G, feels like he's going to have to go in the backyard again with Jack Wilson and try and figure some things out.
Because that's how he, that's how he nailed down his defense was he was like next door neighbors with Jack Wilson.
And Jack mentored him through college.
How much Jack Wilson worked for the Pirates?
So do I.
But he wants to coach college kids.
Yeah, I know.
Or maybe he does and nobody.
Yeah, right.
I don't know.
Who knows?
Right.
I don't know who's there.
But yeah, I think maybe he's going to.
He might have to hit up Mr. Wilson in the offseason and say, hey, let's get some ground balls in the backyard.
Absolutely.
Anything else, Doug?
I think we hit all the high notes here.
No, look, it's a good win.
It's a good win.
And some cracked ones from my voice.
Yeah, they're climbing back to 500.
What are they?
They're three games under now.
look, day off and then the Dodgers.
It's going to be an important day off.
Stranger things have happened.
Stranger things have happened.
So, yeah, just go win two.
Just go take that series.
You can do it.
Does Ashcraft pitch in that series?
I don't know.
He pitched yesterday.
Yeah, probably not.
You can pitch Sunday.
Well, no, because they are.
We don't know who pitches.
We do not know who pitches game three.
I know that.
That is TBD.
Yeah.
Well, because, I don't know the rotation anymore, but I'm guessing we get Bubba and Jared in the first two games.
Yeah, that sounds right.
And then it could be assistance.
The Coddy guy is begging for sandwiches.
I think we got to give him what he wants, Doug.
I think so.
So, everybody, get your hashtag Raisits in while I bring up our giveaway here.
Is it up on the screen, Doug?
It is up on the screen, sir.
All right.
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Bucco Brew on Mondays.
Wednesday or Thursday night, they'll be doing something.
So, tonight maybe?
No, probably tomorrow because of the day off.
and then follow us on socials and download the app.
For crying out loud, download the app.
Do we have 110 yen?
I think I count.
That's 10 things these people need to do if they want to have a chance to win these sandwiches.
And thank you to all the people who gave jewels and super chats.
And, thank you for all your support.
And memberships.
My goodness.
Sean Hooper, wait a minute.
Yes.
Sorry for not shouting out every single jewel.
But you guys sent a lot.
And it was a lot of jewels.
It was a lot to follow.
And we wanted to get through this show.
But thank you.
We appreciate it.
You guys are the best.
But let's get to why everybody's here today.
Let's give away some sandwiches, Doug.
Who we got?
James.
Cadill?
Cadill?
He was active.
Congratulations.
James had some great stuff in the chat today.
Good looking pup in your profile picture, too.
So, let's go on to our next.
Congratulations, James.
Who's next?
CPL for 200.
Always the first guy in the chat.
He's always...
He gets into the chat, like, in the sixth inning.
I think we met him at the tailgate, though.
He's a great dude.
Yeah.
So, make sure you email us at North Shore...
Or not at, just North Shore Nine at gmail.com.
Spell out 9.
It's not a number 9.
It's not numerical.
You got to spell out N-I-N-E to get your email to us for us to know that you need sandwiches.
Congratulations, winners.
Off tomorrow.
We'll be back Friday night.
Late.
We are off.
Let's look at some FanDuel stuff here, Doug.
If I can pull it up real quick.
Bubba pitches Friday night.
Sorry.
I should have had this ready.
Now, I got Jim yelling at me in our group chat saying I forgot to turn monetization on.
And a bunch of people can comment who weren't supposed to comment.
I'm like, ah, the Buccos won, Jim.
It's okay.
So, let's see.
What do we got here?
MLB.
Obviously, we don't have anything for tomorrow.
There's no game.
I don't use this app nearly enough to be able to just find things.
Future awards.
Rookie of the year.
Manager of the year.
No, we don't want any of these things.
Yeah, I don't think.
I don't see anything for playoffs.
There's no playoff stuff.
Well, make sure you check back with FanDuel.
They'll definitely have odds.
It's not a game until Friday, so a little early for odds.
Oh, here we go.
Future same game parlays.
Playoffs.
All right.
All right.
To make or miss the playoffs.
The Pirates are plus $1,800 to make the playoffs.
Doug, is that good value?
it is.
No, not yet.
You know what I'm saying?
Again, you have to bid $100 to win $1,800.
That's good value in and of itself, but at this point, I would think you're throwing away your $100.
Like, you could make it.
They just got to make it.
They don't got to win anything.
They just got to make it.
Right.
They got to make it.
There's like 11 teams ahead of them, I think.
So, they've got a long way to go.
And they got to go play the Dodgers on the road.
And then San Diego, and I don't think any time, at any point, maybe in the 70s, we were good against San Diego.
But since then, this century, for sure, San Diego beats us here.
They beat us there.
They beat us if we played Topeka, Kansas.
Yeah.
Well, Doug, let's say goodbye to the people.
Everybody, thank you for watching.
Thank you for participating in the giveaway.
Thank you for being a part of NS9, being a sicko, just like the rest of us.
Download the app, hit up the Discord, do all the things, and check out NS9 Live tomorrow night.
Let's go, Bucs.
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