Cook And Poni

Austin is significantly frustrated that people think Ben Cherington is completely fine with losing and getting higher draft picks. How does that make sense? Joe believes the Pirates would have been content with a season competitive into September and a few wins better than 2023.

New Pirates top 30 and MLB Pipeline top 100. Jared Jones will make his first rehab start in Indy. Browns extend JOK. Auston Matthews is now the Maple Leafs' captain.

Joe thinks he would wait until after the year. but Austin thinks he's going to have a big year and his value will go up in the new offense. Callers weigh in on the Pirates collapse and how young players need to be recalled. What do the Pirates do with Oneil Cruz?

The Pirates have lost nine in a row and have fallen apart. What are you most frustrated with regarding the Bucs and this disaster? Will Brandon Aiyuk end up in Pittsburgh?

the full Joe Starkey Show from Tuesday, August 13th, 2024

Hour 1 with Joe Starkey: The Pirates are a disaster right now and have lost eight games in a row. There are only two teams below them in the NL. The bullpen and lineup are not coming up clutch and they've lost six one-run games. We have little new information on Brandon Aiyuk and it remains a waiting game. A new report indicates Troy Fautanu will still be the week 1 starting right tackle despite being injured.

Hour 2 with Joe Starkey: Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joined the show. Andrew is in Lake Tahoe visiting family. Austin was in Vermont playing at Mini Fenway, Wrigley, and Yankee Stadium and hit a home run off the foul pole at Yankee Stadium. It's time for the Pirates to call up young guys and see what they have in the future. Wheel of Ball.

Hour 3 with Joe Starkey: Pirates manager Derek Shelton joined the show. Shelton thinks the Pirates are getting a lot of bad breaks and aren't playing bad baseball. Free agent Mark Kaboly joined the show. We think big things are coming for Mark soon.

Hour 4 with Joe Starkey: BREAKING: Ian Rapaport is further confirming the Steelers and 49ers have a deal for Brandon Aiyuk but are waiting to see if Aiyuk accepts their latest contract offer. Derek Shelton was not pleased with today's conversation.

Derek Shelton was not pleased with today's conversation.

Fields is supposedly taking too many sacks and 'burping the baby' by patting the football before he throws. How much pressure are Derek Shelton and Mike Tomlin under this season? BREAKING: Ian Rapaport is further confirming the Steelers and 49ers have a deal for Brandon Aiyuk but are waiting to see if Aiyuk accepts their latest contract offer.

Free agent Mark Kaboly joined the show. We think big things are coming for Mark soon. Mark hinted towards a potential deal for Brandon Aiyuk, but still nothing is finalized.

Come one, come all to the Wheel of Ball.

Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joined the show. Andrew is in Lake Tahoe visiting family. Austin was in Vermont playing at Mini Fenway, Wrigley, and Yankee Stadium and hit a home run off the foul pole at Yankee Stadium. It's time for the Pirates to call up young guys and see what they have in the future. Billy Cook has played all around the country and is a bit of a late bloomer.

This means Dan Moore and Broderick Jones will fight for starting left tackle. It seems "highly unlikely" the Steelers would put Jones back on the bench, per Gerry Dulac. The Steelers need to rip the Band-Aid off and let the young guys play.

The Pirates are a disaster right now and have lost eight games in a row. There are only two teams below them in the NL. The bullpen and lineup are not coming up clutch and they've lost six one-run games. We have little new information on Brandon Aiyuk and it remains a waiting game.

Listen to the entire Joe Starkey Show from Monday, 8-12-2024.

Hour four with Joe Starkey, Paul Zeise, and Bob Pompeani. Should Cherington or Shelton get the ax? Key players have failed the team. The Pirates have developed no hitters under this regime, maybe Nick Gonzales. Would the Pirates make their money back if they spent more? Goodbye to Mark Kaboly with the Athletic, but hopefully he ends up elsewhere soon.

Hour three with Joe Starkey, Paul Zeise and Bob Pompeani. Pomp Showdown - USA MBB and Steph Curry - where does he rank all time? Should Tatum and Haliburton be mad? USA WBB, Cutch's future, Steelers preseason concerns. Will team USA lose its stranglehold on men's and women's basketball supremacy? More on the Aiyuk sweepstakes. Poni's report went too far it seems.