Bill Brink: Good morning and welcome to today's Pirates chat. Start sending your questions now, and we'll get going at noon,
Bill Brink: Thanks for the questions, and keep them coming. Here we go ...
Strikes Joey: Any ideas on Gerrit's relative decline from the first half? He's certainly fallen out of the Cy Young conversation.
PhillyJake: Cole need a day off? He's still young, I think he only went 160 innings last year, it would make sense that maybe he's just tired.
Bill Brink: The concerns with Cole relate to his month of August: Four starts, 23 innings, 12 earned runs, 27 hits.