Tonight is the night MLB awards the winner of the National League Rookie Of The Year and Paul Skenes won! Joining us to discuss and react is Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen catcher and catching coach, Jordan Comadena.

Baseball America is releasing their 2025 top 10 prospects for each organization and the Pirates have quite a but of movement happening for theirs. Let's take a look at it and discuss. The date to protect players from the upcoming Rule 5 Draft and adding them to the 40-man roster is this Tuesday. We take a closer look now to see who may or may not make the list. Lastly, tonight the National League Rookie of the Year award is being announced. Will it be Paul Skenes?

Mike Tyson vs. Paul Logan. Pirates hired Matt Hague and Brent Strom as new hitting and assistant pitching coach. Paul Skenes 1/1 Topps Rookie Auto is out and the Pirates have made a sweet offer to get their hands on it. Who is going to debate and come out victorious in this week's The Point? Show contestants this week: Alex Stumpf from mlb.com, Gary Morgan from steelcitypirates.com & Pirates Fan Forum, JC of the infamous @1992Pirates account, and our very own Tyler of NS9.

Dave Parker was one of 8 players on the ballot nominated by the baseball Hall of Fame's classic era committee. They will be deciding if any of these players will get into the Hall of Fame this December 8th, in Dallas during the MLB Winter Meetings. Should Dave Parker finally make it? We are joined tonight by the creator of JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score System) Jay Jaffe. He developed this system to measure a player's Hall of Fame worthiness. Tune in to find out what he thinks as Doug and Jim discuss...

The Pirates hired two key members of their 2025 coaching staff today. Former Pirates 3B Matt Hague will serve as the club's new Hitting Coach and longtime veteran pitching coach, Brent Strom has come on board as the Assistant Pitching Coach.

NS9 JEOPARDY returns!! Three contestants from our Discord kick off this season of NS9 JEOPARDY to find out who the smartest Pirates fan is. Will it be Brett, Zach, or Kyle who wins?

It's barely November but Steamer has already released their 2025 player projections. And, well, since the Pirates are still pretty quiet in the mlb offseason, let's take a look at them and have some fun looking into 2025 already. Also, we preview our show this wednesday about Dave Parker's Hall Of Fame bid as well as the possibility of Roki Sasaki

Episode Three of Sicko Soundoff with Jim as your host this week. Jim is joined by OG, John, and The Hatman as they discuss various topics brought up by you, the viewers and listeners!

The MLB GM Meetings are underway in San Antonio to really kick off the MLB Offseason. The legs to many deals over the offseason typically start at these meetings and you have also seen a few moves happen. With that said, MLB Trade Rumors recently posted their top 50 Free Agents with Predictions. Let's look over what they're predicting while adding out two cents.

The MLB GM Meetings are underway in San Antonio to really kick off the MLB Offseason. The legs to many deals over the offseason typically start at these meetings and you have also seen a few moves happen. With that said, MLB Trade Rumors recently posted their top 50 Free Agents with Predictions. Let's look over what they're predicting while adding out two cents.

First of all, let's congratulate Jared Triolo for winning his very first Rawlings Gold Glove Award as a UTIL player. He was the lone Pittsburgh Pirates player to be nominated as well as won. In the spirit of election season, we posted a poll last night to see the approval ratings of front office members, coaches, as well as players in the Pirates organization. Let's review those and discuss.

Who will the Pittsburgh Pirates sign this offseason and will they break their largest Free Agent signing ever? What is possibly the best hypothetical trade they can make as well? Tonight we are joined by Neil from NS9, Ethan Smith of Locked On Pirates, Andrew Destin from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and Mark (@platinumkey13 on twitter) who is a two time Fanboy winner this year.

Alex Stumpf from MLB.com joins Jim and Tyler to discuss the World Series as well as a deep dive into the Pirates impending offseason roster decisions.

After two games of the World Series, Jim is joined by Ryan to talk about how the series is going. It also serves as a reminder that some teams not only have more resources than others, but utilize those resources differently.

The second show of Sicko Soundoff where you get to call in and be the guest. Have a question? A Comment? Something on your mind you need to get off? Tyler will be this week's host for our call-in's.

Another week and another lackluster news-filled 7 days for the Pittsburgh Pirates. There are a few things to discuss. One, they hired a new Vice President of Research and Development. Outside of that, we discuss the new checked swing challenge that was introduced to the Arizona Fall League and what Derek Shelton needs to do going forward for this ball club.

Another week and another lackluster news-filled 7 days for the Pittsburgh Pirates. There are a few things to discuss. One, they hired a new Vice President of Research and Development. Outside of that, we discuss the new checked swing challenge that was introduced to the Arizona Fall League and what Derek Shelton needs to do going forward for this ball club.

Legendary Reporter John Perrotto has been on the Pittsburgh Pirates beat now for 27 seasons. As the longest tenured reporter of this club, he brings countless stories past and present. Ryan Alexander sits down with John as they talk his breaking into the business, Gerrit Cole's thoughts on Paul Skenes, as well as various other stories.

With the World Series set to begin between the L.A. Dodgers & New York Yankees it means the Pittsburgh Pirates and the rest of baseball is that much closer to the 2024-25 MLB Offseason. The Pirates have plenty of holes that need addressed this year. Let's have some fun and look at who would be the perfect fit for this team next year.

Will David Bednar remain a Pittsburgh Pirate for the 2025 season? Is Jared Triolo the most deserving Pirate for a Gold Glove nomination? Who should be the Pirates top Free Agent target heading into 2025? On our second show of The Point, we are joined by MLB The Show Streamer Nutzy, Josh from Bridge To Buctober, and Alex Stumpf from mlb.com.

The 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates season has ended and now it is time for the annual North Shore Nine Fanboy Awards! Who will take home best twitter account? Favorite Pirates Beat Writer? The Barry Bonds Award? This is Part 2 of our show where we have chosen the winners.

The 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates season has ended and now it is time for the annual North Shore Nine Fanboy Awards! Who will take home best twitter account? Favorite Pirates Beat Writer? The Barry Bonds Award? Tune in to find out

Michael "Fort" McKenry and Anthony DiNardo sit down together for the first time this offseason. A lot of time has passed, a lot of things have happened, and a lot of things need done to get this team to become a contender. What has been on Fort's mind? We talk what to do with David Bednar this offseason, what is this team's identity, and ways to attack this free agency/trade market.

Michael "Fort" McKenry and Anthony DiNardo sit down together for the first time this offseason. A lot of time has passed, a lot of things have happened, and a lot of things need done to get this team to become a contender. What has been on Fort's mind? We talk from the value of coaching/managers and how this organization needs to get creative to improve.