On Sports: Mike Tomlin scouts Senior Bowl; Penguins plummet in Eastern Conference standings
In this edition of On Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is making the rounds at the annual Reeses Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., a popular destination for NFL coaches to get a firsthand look at upcoming draft talent.
Unavoidably, the list of players Tomlin is perceived to be interested in will grow exponentially over the next few days.
As for the Penguins, a lousy soon-to-be-completed road trip to the West Coast has the club sinking not only increasingly (if not totally) out of the playoff picture, but to the bottom of the Eastern Conference and NHL standings.
Finally, Pirates catcher Joey Bart was part of a short list of candidates to enjoy a breakout campaign in 2025.
Tomlin scouts Senior Bowl Mike Tomlin is currently at work ahead of Saturdays Senior Bowl.
Between now and then, expect a flurry of activity to surface, as Tomlins every movement, including players he takes the time to observe in practice, is reported.
Per usual, keeping track of who Tomlin is looking at, and trying to determine how much (or if) weight should be attached, can be dizzying.
However, given the situation at hand, with a quarterback being among the routes the Steelers could take early in the 2025 draft, trying to monitor Tomlins whereabouts during the Senior Bowl action can be hard not to do.
The Steelers are set to select at No.
21 overall on April 24, with NFL.coms Chad Reuter listing quarterback, cornerback, running back, wide receiver and offensive tackle as the teams most pressing needs.
By the end of the weekend, Tomlin and the Steelers are sure to become linked in some fashion to players at every position.
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Separating the Penguins (20-24-8, 48 points) from the cellar of their conference is seven points, as the last-place Buffalo Sabres have accrued 41 points on the year, with three games in hand.
Looking at the entirety of the NHL, the Penguins rank 26th out of 32 clubs in points and have managed a point in only 46.2% of their 52 contests.
The Penguins have lost three straight during their season-long seven-game road trip, which concludes Wednesday evening against the Utah Hockey Club, and are 3-7 over their last 10 games.
If the season ended today, Pittsburgh would own a 7.5% chance at the first overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery.
Bart breakout campaign? MLB Network named Pirates catcher Joey Bart as one of its 10 Breakout Candidates for 2025.
Bart, 28, avoided arbitration in early January, signing with the Pirates for $1.75 million, earning a raise of nearly $1 million from last year.
Early into the 2024 campaign, Bart was traded to Pittsburgh from San Francisco, which had designated him for assignment.
With the Pirates, Bart was able to make strides in reaching his potential as a former first-round draft pick (second overall by the Giants in 2018).
In 80 games, he hit .265 with 13 home runs and 45 RBIs, setting career-bests in the latter two categories.
Bart re-signing with the Pirates seems to suggests that the clubs brass views him as a viable option behind the plate in 2025 and prospectively beyond.
Defensively last year, Bart started 62 games at catcher, seeing 545 innings with four errors for a fielding percentage of 99.2%.
Also included on MLB Networks list was Oakland As pitcher Osvaldo Bido, who went 5-3 with a 3.41 ERA last year.
Bido formerly played for the Pirates in 2023 in a hybrid bullpen-starting role, making his MLB debut with the club on June 14 of that year..
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