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Smitty & Tyler discuss all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, we discuss the latest stretch for the team, that has them sitting right at .500 with one more series against the Brewers before the All-Star break. The same warts continue to torment this ball club with Mitch Keller's dreadful season continuing and Don Kelly still searching for who he can even call upon out of the bullpen to...

Welcome to the Around The 412 Penguins show, where Smitty & Tyler discuss the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins. On today's episode, I discuss what Kyle Dubas is up to. After a relatively active week of trades, free agency and the NHL Draft, where do things stand? Has Kyle Dubas committed to a direction for the club yet or is it all centered around his pursuit of Jason Robertson? There ar...

Smitty discusses all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, I discuss the latest stretch for the team, that has them sitting a game under .500 as of recording. The team has been perfectly constructed to be the most frustrating possible team. The offense is a top 5 unit in baseball, but they haven't had the pitching and that includes Paul Skenes and Mitch Keller not providing what you felt l...

Smitty discusses all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, I discuss the latest stretch for the team, that has them sitting at 41-40 halfway through their season. The same warts have continued to derail what could otherwise be a team very much separating itself from the middle of the pact. While the hitting has largely been well above average, they are well below average with RISP. The hig...

Welcome to the Around The 412 Penguins show, where Smitty & Tyler discuss the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins. On today's episode, I discuss what Kyle Dubas may have up his sleeve this weekend as the NHL Draft looms. We have seen a bunch of activity around the league, but could Rickard Rakell and/or Bryan Rust soon be on the move? The team did acquire Hendrix Lapierre from the Washingto...

Smitty & Tyler discusses all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, we discuss the recent stretch for the team, where it seems like they can't make up any ground and end every series right where they started. Jared Jones is back and rejoining the rotation. The odd man out? That would be Carmen Mlodzinski, who we learned (after recording) is none too pleased about shifting to a bullpen role....

Smitty discusses all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, I discuss the team and Aaron Rodgers agreeing to a contract for the 2026 season and him being in the building to begin OTAs. Somebody that notoriously hates participating in this juncture of the offseason program, I think his involvement speaks volumes. What do I make of the battle behind him for QB2 with Will...

Smitty discusses all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, I discuss the latest stretch for the Pirates and dive into if their recently recalled players can provide the necessary spark. The team was swept by their cross-state rival Philadelphia Phillies last weekend, in what was quite honestly a pathetic showing all around. The bullpen issues continue to persist, with there being hesitancy...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, we discuss the recent stretch for the Pirates that has them sitting at 24-20. They went 3-3 over the last week, dropping a series to the Giants on the road before coming back home and taking a series from the Rockies. While, it was an up and down week, something that hasn't been up and down is the performance of Paul Skenes...

Smitty & Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team giving Chris Boswell a four-year extension and moving on from Cory Trice Jr. What do we make of those moves and could we see anyone else getting an extension this Summer? We then dive into what we know so far from the NFL schedule leaks as it relates to the Steelers and talk about why...

Welcome to the Around The 412 Penguins show, where Smitty & Tyler discuss the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins. On today's episode, we wrap up the Penguins season, following their first-round playoff exit at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers. Where did things go wrong in a series that we liked the matchups for the Penguins? What is next? With Evgeni Malkin an unrestricted free agent,...

Smitty & Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we put a bow on our thoughts of the Steelers 2026 NFL Draft approach and haul. While it's TBD how it will turn out in the long run, value was left on the table for a team that entered with 12 draft picks. We then move on to talk about the news of Aaron Rodgers returning to Pittsburgh this weekend to work...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, we discuss the recent stretch for the Pirates that has them sitting at 21-17 and currently in a playoff spot. In a very competitive NL Central, the Bucs have managed to bounce back from getting four-game swept by the Cardinals in a big way. Skenes, Keller and Ashcraft continue to lead the rotation, while Konnor Griffin has...

Smitty & Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of the Steelers pre-draft interest. One week away from the NFL Draft, all the visits are over and it's time to parse through the information we have. Do we think they will still follow historical trends despite it now being Mike McCarthy and not Mike Tomlin? What do we make of the...

Welcome to the Around The 412 Penguins show, where Smitty & Tyler discuss the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins. On today's episode, we preview and predict the team's upcoming playoff matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers. How did we get here in a season in which it was widely believed that the Penguins would be a lottery team? Where do both teams have the edge over the other? Who will...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all things Pittsburgh Pirates. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of the Pirates up and down week. They went 4-3 since we last recorded and yes, they won a series in Chicago, but we still don't have a great taste in our mouths following that combined with a split vs the Nationals. The starting pitching has largely been great. Overall, the hitting has been good eno...

Smitty & Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we due dueling 7-round mock drafts to see who comes out of it with the better haul. With some thought there about acquiring 2027 capital along the way, how can we make sure we still get the best bang for our buck and fill our needs within this draft class? Let's discuss this and more on today's Around Th...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, we discuss where the team stands after sweeping the Baltimore Orioles in their Home Opening Series and then dropping two out of three to the San Diego Padres, despite continued excellent starting pitching. Konnor Griffin made his MLB debut in the team's home opener and then inked a 9-year extension this week. The team curre...

Welcome to the Around The 412 Penguins show, where Smitty & Tyler discuss the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins. On today's episode, we discuss the recent stretch of play from the team, including Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin yet again making history. We also discuss just how fun of a season this has been to ride along for. How important Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell have been to the...

Smitty & Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we go through an exercise where we give 5 names for each of the Steelers top 100 picks that we think are in play. This is a combination of what we would do, reading tea leaves of pre-draft interest in various forms and what was available or likely to be available to the team via a consensus draft board....

Smitty and Tyler discuss all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, we discuss where the team stands after the first week of the MLB Season. The team is off to a 3-3 start ahead of their home opener after dropping a series to the New York Mets before taking 2 of 3 from the Cincinnati Reds. Oneil Cruz and Bryan Reynolds led the charge offensively for a club that scored 8 runs in back-to-back...

Welcome to the Around The 412 Penguins show, where Smitty & Tyler discuss the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins. On today's episode, we discuss the recent stretch of play from the team, including Anthony Mantha reaching the 30-goal mark, the 4th line making things tough on Dan Muse for who will come out of the lineup when healthy, Stuart Skinner taking a clear chokehold on the #1 goalie s...

Smitty & Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we go through a full 7 round mock draft. With one eye on making this year's roster as good as we can and the other focusing on building up draft capital in 2027, how can we attack this to get the best of both worlds? We move around the board quite a bit and landed with a solid haul of players, but maybe...

Welcome to the Around The 412 Penguins show, where Smitty & Tyler discuss the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins. On today's episode, we discuss the recent stretch of play from the team, including getting Sidney Crosby & Evgeni Malkin both suffering injuries. Already without Blake Lizotte, can this team once again stay above water without their superstars? Ben Kindel and Egor Chinakhov con...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all things Pittsburgh Pirates On today's episode, it's predictions time! MLB Opening Day is here, and we go through and pick who we think will be the best pitchers, best hitter, gold glove and much more on the team. How will the new guys impact the rest of the lineup? Will Buctober finally return? We also discuss Konnor Griffin not making this roster right away and how it...