DK's Daily Shot of Pirates: Lower the payroll?

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DK Pittsburgh Sports

Sports, Football, Nhl, Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball, Pirates, Matt Williamson, Mlb, Dk Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers, Steelers, Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguin, Pittsburgh, Nfl, Hockey

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Lower the payroll? Sure, what'd be the difference? Hear award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic's Daily Shots of Steelers, Penguins and Pirates -- three separate podcasts -- every weekday morning on the DK Pittsburgh Sports podcasting network, available on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/dkpghsports

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0:32.6	Can you imagine that they'd have the nerve to lower the payroll next year?
0:42.9	Well, get ready for it.
0:45.4	Good morning to you.
0:46.6	Good Friday morning.
0:48.0	I'm Dan Kovachovich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.
0:50.5	This is Daily Shot of Pirates.
0:53.2	It comes your way. Bright and every weekday. If you're into
0:57.2	either of the two teams in town that care, I offer daily shots of Steelers and Penguins in the
1:05.3	same place that you found this. The World Series begins tonight. That has no relevance to
1:10.8	anything around here. So let's just move on.
1:13.4	We're going to talk payroll because you know why? The end of the week, this time of year,
1:18.2	it's really tough to think of things to talk about related to this baseball team. Because, you know,
1:24.0	it's the off-season. They don't do anything. If they do, it tends to be regressive.
1:31.1	It tends to be something that makes the team worse.
1:34.4	So I want to have a good information-filled episode on payroll.
1:41.2	And let's begin with this.
1:43.3	The team ended up paying in terms of
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