Pirates promoting Skenes

[navamind]

He'll be making his debut on Saturday against the Cubs.

 

[Cedrique]

He'll be making his debut on Saturday against the Cubs.

I'm looking forward to seeing this guy. There's not as much excitement around starting pitchers lately. A lot of the best ones are getting old and/or injured.

 

[redseat]

I'm looking forward to seeing this guy. There's not as much excitement around starting pitchers lately. A lot of the best ones are getting old and/or injured.

Will Olivia come and steal the show?

 

[Cedrique]

Will Olivia come and steal the show?

Who is Olivia?

 

[redseat]

Who is Olivia?

Livvy

 

[Cedrique]

Livvy

Oh I see her now. She's cute. And this guy hasn't even made it yet. It's amazing Kelce has won multiple super bowls and he's still hanging out with that hag that does the singing and whatnot.

 

[Diamondeye]

Will Olivia come and steal the show?

The guy seems to be a winner in every aspect of life.

The Pirates could have a pretty scary rotation fairly soon between Skenes, Jared Jones and Mitch Keller.

If it comes to fruition, I'm not sure how much it will matter in terms of winning if the hitting doesn't improve. For a smaller market club, the Pirates have a lot of money tied up in Bryan Reynolds and KeBryan Hayes for them to be slugging under .400 in the middle of May, and Oneil Cruz and Henry Davis have yet to develop as expected, though it's still too soon to write them off.

There is not much in terms of hitting prospects in the upper minors right now.

 

[navamind]

Injuries have really fucked with Cruz's development, but he's really got to cut down on the K's. I think Davis will be fine

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Watched Skenes a lot with LSU last year. He has some filthy stuff. Really good slider to go with the 100mph gas. He could be a future Cy winner. Of course, one could have said the same thing about Todd Van Poppel, Paul Wilson, David Clyde, Mark Appel, and on and on and on

 

[navamind]

Some command wobbles. Stuff is immense. Regularly hit 100+

 

[msgkings322]

Watched Skenes a lot with LSU last year. He has some filthy stuff. Really good slider to go with the 100mph gas. He could be a future Cy winner. Of course, one could have said the same thing about Todd Van Poppel, Paul Wilson, David Clyde, Mark Appel, and on and on and on

Could be another Strasburg too...great for a few years, then his arm falls off. It's a crapshoot.

 

[SteelersPride]

If hes any good rhe pirates will trade for
Prospects because they are in the midst of their 40 year rebuild

 

[Diamondeye]

Injuries have really fucked with Cruz's development, but he's really got to cut down on the K's. I think Davis will be fine

Cruz has started to come around recently, though it's still too soon to say he's turned the corner.

The biggest issue is still Reynolds and Hayes, as they're the positional players the Pirates are paying to build around. It looked like Hayes had finally figured it out the second half of last season, while slugging .500, but now he's back to what he's been doing with the bat for most of his time in the majors. This just might be what he is, which is a shame because his glove is awesome.

With all the expectations not being met among various hitters, a change is overdue at hitting coach and probably manager as well.

 

[redseat]

The guy seems to be a winner in every aspect of life.

The Pirates could have a pretty scary rotation fairly soon between Skenes, Jared Jones and Mitch Keller.

If it comes to fruition, I'm not sure how much it will matter in terms of winning if the hitting doesn't improve. For a smaller market club, the Pirates have a lot of money tied up in Bryan Reynolds and KeBryan Hayes for them to be slugging under .400 in the middle of May, and Oneil Cruz and Henry Davis have yet to develop as expected, though it's still too soon to write them off.

There is not much in terms of hitting prospects in the upper minors right now.

Absolutely! Just wonder how long he can keep up throwing 101+ though. I really hope it will be a long time.

I've been to PNC park and I really liked it! So he also has that going for him. But I think now the Pirates will start spending more now that he and Olivia are there. Fans might show up just to see if they could get a glimpse of her and certainly if Skenes is pitching!

 

[Cedrique]

Absolutely! Just wonder how long he can keep up throwing 101+ though. I really hope it will be a long time.

I've been to PNC park and I really liked it! So he also has that going for him. But I think now the Pirates will start spending more now that he and Olivia are there. Fans might show up just to see if they could get a glimpse of her and certainly if Skenes is pitching!

I was about to say no one is showing up to sit through a baseball game for a chance to get a glimpse of some gymnast, but apparently she has 10 million followers so maybe you're onto something.

 

[redseat]

I was about to say no one is showing up to sit through a baseball game for a chance to get a glimpse of some gymnast, but apparently she has 10 million followers so maybe you're onto something.

That's the world we live in for sure

 

[molsaniceman]

paul skenes 6 up 6 down all Ks

 

[TheGoodMan19]

He has some serious shit. His control is better than his first start.

He might be must see TV

 

[navamind]

he was NASTY today

 

[Think McFly Think]

he was NASTY today

Yeah, he was, like hitting an aspirin in a snowstorm for the Cubbies today.