Michael Walsh’s path to the Pirates was anything but typical. Before baseball, Walsh was a state champion swimmer, pitched at Yale through the COVID shutdown and caught the eye of Pirates scout Eddie Charles during one of his roughest college outings. He joins NS9 to talk about that journey, closing out Greensboro’s perfect game, his love of pitching, Altoona pizza, life in the Arizona Fall League and the teammates he’s gotten to know along the way.