We can all roll our eyes and I've done it myself about the stat cast impact on major league baseball.

Now it seems like it's never enough to just say that somebody had a line drive singling you've got to give the miles per hour off the bat, exit velocity, launch angle.

And then on occasion, compare how it made it out to that particular patch of grass relative to everyone else who's ever done it.

I don't know.

Good morning to you. Good Thursday morning. I'm Dan Kovachvich of it. I don't know. Good morning to you.

Good Thursday morning.

I'm Dan Kovachievich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

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Pirates eight, Rangers 4 last night in Arlington, Texas.

My point stands that this team does not string any kind of failure together.

That's been its single most impressive quality to me.

In the very early going, they're now 14 and 10,

and their next slump will be their first.

The foundation of that, I don't think anybody would dispute,

is starting pitching, and Braxton Ashcraft has been just wonderful to date.

Last night, seven innings.

First time he's made it that long in the bigs.

Two runs, four hits, five strikeouts, a couple of walks.

But then Gregory Soto comes in, and for the first time, really, this season, things don't go well for him.

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