Buying at the trade deadline earns the Pirates a rare spot as the headline topic on the latest "Mike Drop" with Mike Asti. And on this episode, Asti is joined by Will Graves of the Associated Press to put the Pirates' moves in proper perspective, explain why there's there's no reason to not like the strategy and then pivot into the aftermath of Aaron Rodgers' comments at training camp and what's going on at Steelers camp that will actually impact the team.

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With the Steelers now in Latrobe, Mike Asti drops the mic on why he doesn't like Mike McCarthy's change to eliminate live tackling during training camp.

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With WVU football season on the horizon, Mike Asti joined Alex Wiederspiel on WKMZ to discuss the reasonable expectations for the Mountaineers in year two of Rich Rodriguez's return tenure.

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To expand on his initial show about the current state of the MLB CBA talks, Mike Asti welcomed Dominic Campbell of PiratesOnSi on "Mike Drop" to unpack the topic further and try to predict where things are going based on what was said at the All-Star Game.

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Mike Asti responds to some recent comments by the MLBPA executive director and explains why MLB needs a salary cap, but getting one will likely mean losing the 2027 season.

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There are several reasons why Pittsburgh could turn on Paul Skenes. Mike Asti goes over each one on this segment of the his "Mike Drop" show.

Featured image credit: Jul 7, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes (30) pitches against the Atlanta Braves during the fourth inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

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In is the Hoffmann Family, out is Fenway Sports Group, Mike Asti welcomes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette beat writer King Jemison on "Mike Drop" to answer some key questions surrounding the Penguins' ownership change.

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In a different type of episode, Mike Asti is joined by journalist turned viral sensation Crissy Froyd to discuss the backlash she's received since speaking out about Dianna Russini and offer her thoughts on the Brendan Sorsby resolution.

Froyd even drops a few new nuggets of information during this conversation.

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Penn Live's Nick Farabaugh jumps on Mike Drop with Mike Asti to unpack everything he's witnessed at OTAs, hitting on how Aaron Rodgers looks, the plan behind him at quarterback and what's already noticeably different about Mike McCarthy compared to Mike Tomlin.

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As the Steelers, and then in turn the rest of us, continue to wait for Aaron Rodgers, Mike Asti welcomes Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on this episode of "Mike Drop" to talk where things stand with Rodgers and what's actually accurate reporting wise.

They also get into how Drew Allar looked at rookie mini-camp, where Will Howard stands and what's going on with the rest of the roster.

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