What Needs to Happen for Pirates to Win, Konnor Griffin Extension Talks

About this episode

Mike Asti discusses the expectations for the Pittsburgh Pirates and rookie Konnor Griffin with Noah Hiles.

Ahead of the most hyped Pirates season in recent memory, Mike Asti welcomes the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Noah Hiles to "Mike Drop" to discuss what the validity of the expectations surrounding the team and their star rookie Konnor Griffin. Hiles offers his insight about what he feels is reasonable to expect from several key players, including Griffin, and the difference within the franchise this year.

People in this episode

Host: Mike Asti

Guest: Noah Hiles

Topics covered

• Pittsburgh Pirates
• Konnor Griffin
• baseball expectations
• sports analysis
• rookie performance

Keywords

• Pittsburgh Pirates
• Konnor Griffin
• Noah Hiles
• baseball
• rookie season
• sports expectations
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pirates

Places: Pittsburgh

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