Pirates Lose to Cubs; Evaluating Ponce's Start; Previewing Crowe vs. Williams; Who is Winning Baseball So Far?

Welcome back to Locked On Pirates everyone!

On today's episode, host Ethan Smith recaps the first game of the three game set against the Cubs, seeing the Pirates lose 4-3 to Chicago in Cody Ponce's 2021 debut, so Ethan evaluates the game and his start.

Following that, the Pirates started the game well against Chicago and gave up four unanswered runs in the loss, but how can Wil Crowe and the Pirates bounce back in game two to even the series?

Finally, baseball is about two months into the season and plenty of players have made surprise impacts and others have remained at superstar status. Who is winning baseball right now and who could continue to impact the remainder of the season moving forward?

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