Pittsburgh Pirates 2024 (and Paul Skenes watch)

[RZNJ]

3 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

My man. 

Not necessarily in that order.

[FlaO'sFan]

Gave up a HR, struck out 9. 2-0 now.

 

[Just Regular]

Skenes did grab the MLB K-bb% lead from Jack Flaherty among starting pitchers, so I might break ice on using it in 2024 with it finally not trying to suggest that Jack Flaherty is the #1 SP in baseball.

(Narrator voice: he is not)

[eddie83]

No hitter thru 7. Being pulled. 

[eddie83]

New pitcher, 1st batter base hit.  

[Just Regular]

Bullpen held it, young fella 6-0 with a 1.90 ERA.

He might could do one of them there Adley 1.000 years of service things.

Having to compare/contrast him with Shota Imanaga with real world money on the line one of those slippery slopes for BBWAA voters.     The MLB and MLBPA both agreed to the setup though.

[Just Regular]

Rosenthal with a piece about Skenes' bid to pull off the Adley Rutschman Scenario and earn himself 1.000 years of service.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5708546/2024/08/19/pirates-paul-skenes-rookie-shut-down-service/

I know Buck Showalter as a matter of honor would compete with Skenes in game 160, 161 or 162 against the Yankees, but as all the Raysian GMs know he was absurdly sentimental about such things.

Skenes I think probably just wants to keep practicing his life mastery of the game of baseball, and perhaps never in his MLB career will have to average ~110 pitches over a dozen odd starts like he did for LSU last year, but we'll see if he can continue to throw a baseball 6 more weeks.

Skenes competition for a Top 2 RoY placement by fWAR today looking like Yamamoto, Imanaga, Merrill, Chourio and holy cow whoever Tyler Fitzgerald is.

[Just Regular]

Oneil Cruz headed to CF, yielding tallest shortstop to someone else.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41006110/pirates-move-67-shortstop-oneil-cruz-center-field

We're fortunate in Gunnar to have a much better fielder than Cruz but as Holliday was coming up and we weren't sure how far Gunnar's SS defense would progress, I usually felt like Gunnar was the best potential CF on the roster.

[btdart20]

On 8/26/2024 at 9:27 PM, Just Regular said:

Oneil Cruz headed to CF, yielding tallest shortstop to someone else.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41006110/pirates-move-67-shortstop-oneil-cruz-center-field

We're fortunate in Gunnar to have a much better fielder than Cruz but as Holliday was coming up and we weren't sure how far Gunnar's SS defense would progress, I usually felt like Gunnar was the best potential CF on the roster.

Could they be in the market for a Mateo and a Mounty?