Pirates pre-post game host Dan Zangrilli joined the show. Dan has no idea if the Pirates are closer or further away to where they want to be. He said the crux of the frustration is how good their starting pitching is. Dan believes outside of Paul Skenes, the pitching is ‘pretty darn good.’ How much credit do we give Ben Cherington for the staff? The guys asked Dan about a report of some players going ‘rogue’ in some of their hitting work. How much of the team’s budget was put into the analytics department?