"The mentality is good. Tomorrow we'll play good and we'll win."
Carlos Santana said that after the Pirates lost their seventh game in a row on Sunday, exuding a lot of confidence that the 2023 season isn't spiraling out of control like so many think it is. Even so, the Pirates needed someone -- anyone -- to step up and be the one to stop the bleeding, and the young Pirates' ace did just that, exuding the same type of confidence that Santana spoke with less than 24 hour prior.
"No. It’s early," Keller said after I asked him if there was any added pressure heading into Monday night's game.