Joe Starkey

You ask. I answer. It's time for “Mailing It In,” a weekly Q&A that appears Tuesdays at TribLive.com. Most of the questions come via X, but you can also hit me up at [email protected].

Last offseason, Pirates ace Paul Skenes implored management to find some bats. This offseason, it might be Pirates hitters imploring management to find some arms.

By By JOE STARKEY TribLive He has a 5.36 ERA in his last nine starts, and the Pirates have lost all of them.

Paul Skenes took the World Baseball Classic quite seriously. I'm not sure the same could be said for his team.

Paul Skenes said he was surprised to be the Pirates' lone representative for the All-Star Game, pending late adds. He shouldn't be.

You ask. I answer. It's time for “Mailing It In,” a weekly Q&A that appears Tuesdays at TribLive.com. Most of the questions come via X, but you can also hit me up at [email protected].

I was listening in my car when Ryan O'Hearn stepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday night at PNC Park — and I won't soon

I was listening in my car when Ryan O'Hearn stepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday night at PNC Park — and I won't soon forget Greg Brown's call when O'Hearn smashed a three-run home run, his third homer of the game, to bring his RBI total to 10.

I'm not sure there's a team in baseball that would have let Jared Jones pitch much longer Wednesday, even if he was throwing a perfect game.

The Steelers have had some pretty juicy quarterback controversies over the years, sometimes involving as many as three players.