DK's Daily Shot of Pirates: Thank you, Dodgers!

DK Pittsburgh Sports: Daily podcasts on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates!

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

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Thank you, Dodgers, for doing all our work for us! 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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0:00.0	Listen, the Dodgers aren't ruining baseball.
0:11.6	They're saving it.
0:13.2	Thanks to the Dodgers.
0:15.3	Good morning to you.
0:16.5	Good Monday morning.
0:17.4	I'm Dan Kovach, which of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.
0:19.9	This is an especially upbeat edition of the Daily Shot of Pirates.
0:25.4	It comes your way bright and early every weekday, presented by our friends over at the North Shore Tavern.
0:31.4	If you're into football and or hockey, I also offer daily shots of Steelers and Penguins in the same place that you've found
0:39.1	this. A salary cap system will be coming to Major League Baseball. Put that money in the bank
0:48.0	the same way that Kyle Tucker's going to be able to, in a big, big way, thanks to the Dodgers.
0:55.4	Of course, the Dodgers.
0:58.3	Swooping in and taking Tucker from what seemed like a sure deal with the Mets.
1:03.8	And then an even more lucrative deal.
1:07.8	The Blue Jays signing a four-year $240 million contract.
1:15.8	The Blue Jays had offered $350 million over 10 years.
1:21.5	The guy's not even one of the top 12 players in all of Major League Baseball.
1:27.0	Doesn't matter. Dodgers want, Dodgers see,
1:31.0	Dodgers get. And the fallout has been just beautiful to witness because it hasn't just
1:39.2	been from Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and Milwaukee and Cleveland and Denver. No, it's been from New York.
1:47.6	It's been from Chicago. It's been from Toronto. It's been from the biggest of the big, the richest
1:53.7	of the rich, all except one. And that's what cements this salary cap system coming in with the next labor pact.
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