as far as pitchers? i can think of quite a a few position players that have lived up to the hype or are looking good, rutchman, elly, oniel cruz, riley green, just to name a few
@@AVar5 Elly and Oneil are slightly above average hitters, they don’t produce nearly enough to justify the hype they got. Riley Greene has zero hype, so I don’t know where you got that from. Rutschman is probably the closest, but he’s gotten nowhere near the hype as guys like Jackson Holliday or Elly De La Cruz got
Imagine if the Pirates kept Skeens in for his second game against the Cubs. He had 11 k’s with no runs given up in just 6 innings. One of the best starts to a pitchers career ever
If he keeps up this pace, imagine what kind of money Paul Skenes will get when he becomes a free agent. The Pirates better keep him locked up as soon as they can.
It's not hate. The Pittsburgh Pirates will NEVER retain a star of any kind for any major MLB amount of money. It's the cheapo, revenue sharing, laugh to the bank Pirates' owner Bob "Nothing" that makes the Pirates a forever placeholder as nothing more than a rich man's toy. Right now, Skenes puts butts in seats, and Bobby Boy loves that. It's a bonus for him. It's not baseball. If I'm Skenes' agent, I am absolutely telling him this so he can be paid accordingly by a franchise that actually gives a damn.
You can blame Rob Manfred; I was always against the universal DH, and I still am. The DH should be the one that got axed. Gerrit Cole also wasn't bad with a bat when he played for the Pirates. Now we'll never see it again.
@@TheMovieCranks he literally played every position at Air Force and was insanely good, he was a great catcher too lol. this guy has pure talent and physical skill, he has had incredible coaches and trainers through his journey at LSU and now in the mlb.
Even as a Cubs fan I want him to stay healthy! This is rare rare talent! So fun to watch! Reminds me of a harder throwing Kerry Wood. Stay healthy kid!
To all those who hated on him saying “he’ll blow his arm out”, we’re gladly waiting on it. Ps if you watching his Form, he builds so much torque in his legs, waist and back that his arms just add to the pitch, they aren’t the main force behind his velocity. 13:01 So if he ever needs TJ, it’ll never end him for good.
The arm is never the main force, power always comes from the legs. The problem is that the power generated puts an enormous amount of stress on the elbow.
The energy generated by the body still travels through the arm to the ball though so the UCL feels it regardless of which muscles are providing the energy.
And then he goes out and throws a no hitter through 7. This man will be one of the best pitchers ever if he can stay healthy. Coming from a Vols fan 🍊🍊🍊
Paul Skenes may have peaked too soon... starts dating Livvy Dunn, wins MCWS, signed by Pirates. Gonna be hard to top that year. Especially that first thing.
This guy is incredible. But he needs to stay healthy. At 22 years old and pitching like this, he could be the next Cy Young. I haven’t seen a picture like this in years if ever. Five or six pitches that are unhittable good luck.
How long before the countless articles begin about where Skenes will land (Yankees, Dodgers, etc.) because he won’t stay in Pittsburgh. Not when he could earn $50 million per year elsewhere in a few years when he’s eligible for Free Agency and the Bucs are still a .500 at best with him there.
I'm still feeling so pessimistic. I can see with these pitches that he's either going to blow his arm out, or the Pirates will just not pay him and let him walk like they always do.
Very impressive, very. I’m just cautiously optimistic because we’ve seen so many power pitchers break down by their early 30s. I just don’t have confidence that the human arm can withstand the torque and stress from throwing that hard for 15-20 years without it breaking down. There’s limitations the human body can handle.
Now we just need the pirates to build around him before he leaves for way more money. But we all know that won't happen so it will be nice to see him get K''s but we won't be winning the world series any time soon.
The one prospect in the last couple years who’s actually lived up to the hype
as far as pitchers? i can think of quite a a few position players that have lived up to the hype or are looking good, rutchman, elly, oniel cruz, riley green, just to name a few
If you say so Grady.
@@AVar5 Elly and Oneil are slightly above average hitters, they don’t produce nearly enough to justify the hype they got. Riley Greene has zero hype, so I don’t know where you got that from. Rutschman is probably the closest, but he’s gotten nowhere near the hype as guys like Jackson Holliday or Elly De La Cruz got
@@gradyjones7017 they all got hyped, and there’s a lot more then what i mentioned and you know it too
@@AVar5 then why don’t you mention them?
Just incredible that he’s able to throw 102 mph through 9
Imagine if the Pirates kept Skeens in for his second game against the Cubs. He had 11 k’s with no runs given up in just 6 innings. One of the best starts to a pitchers career ever
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haven’t been this into the mlb in years skenes saved the pirates
Making bob nutting money but on the cheap...
Enjoy him while he’s still there cause he’ll be gone when time comes to pay
If he keeps up this pace, imagine what kind of money Paul Skenes will get when he becomes a free agent. The Pirates better keep him locked up as soon as they can.
They can’t afford him, and he will be needing Tommy John before long
@@fatkhabib7440wise words bud. Nobody can sustain this pace and intensity
Let the haters hate
It's not hate. The Pittsburgh Pirates will NEVER retain a star of any kind for any major MLB amount of money. It's the cheapo, revenue sharing, laugh to the bank Pirates' owner Bob "Nothing" that makes the Pirates a forever placeholder as nothing more than a rich man's toy. Right now, Skenes puts butts in seats, and Bobby Boy loves that. It's a bonus for him. It's not baseball.
If I'm Skenes' agent, I am absolutely telling him this so he can be paid accordingly by a franchise that actually gives a damn.
Hahahahaha…the Pirates “locking him up” is hilarious.😂
His stuff is electric. That splinker is special. I watched Kerry Wood strike out 20 as a rookie. I hope Skenes holds up.
Need the baseball gods to let this arm stay healthy. Dude is actually fun to watch.
Anyone wanna see him at the plate? I mean he did hit .367 with 24HR & 31 Doubles at Air Force. Give that man a bat!
You can blame Rob Manfred; I was always against the universal DH, and I still am.
The DH should be the one that got axed.
Gerrit Cole also wasn't bad with a bat when he played for the Pirates. Now we'll never see it again.
if he blows his arm theirs always first base
@@TheMovieCranks he literally played every position at Air Force and was insanely good, he was a great catcher too lol. this guy has pure talent and physical skill, he has had incredible coaches and trainers through his journey at LSU and now in the mlb.
Lord willing he keeps this up and doesn't get injured🙏
Makes it look effortless
Let's give the catcher some props for being the guy who has to catch these fast balls again and again dude is also a beast.
I was thinking the same thing…those sliders are nasty too
He reminds of Steven Strasburg back in the day; awesome stuff but hope he stays healthy! Skenes is electric!
Once in a generation talent.
He should be starting the All Star game for NL
he is after he threw the no hitter through 7
he is amazing
Padres & Pirates have two absolutely phenomenal rookie pitchers this season. This next generation of baseball is going to be incredible.
You rarely see a manager coming out with that much enthusiasm and clear happiness with his pitcher. That spoke volumes.
Even as a Cubs fan I want him to stay healthy! This is rare rare talent! So fun to watch! Reminds me of a harder throwing Kerry Wood. Stay healthy kid!
Oh My Goodness. 😮.
This Guy's A BEAST!
To all those who hated on him saying “he’ll blow his arm out”, we’re gladly waiting on it.
Ps if you watching his Form, he builds so much torque in his legs, waist and back that his arms just add to the pitch, they aren’t the main force behind his velocity. 13:01 So if he ever needs TJ, it’ll never end him for good.
The arm is never the main force, power always comes from the legs. The problem is that the power generated puts an enormous amount of stress on the elbow.
The energy generated by the body still travels through the arm to the ball though so the UCL feels it regardless of which muscles are providing the energy.
We know the feeling! All the best, Paul.
When your change-ups are 95 MPH’s, you’re different
He is your created character in The Show 24 when you’re playing on easy
Paul skenes 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I seen him pitch three times he’s a beast
im sorry mr jackson paul skenes is for real
It's already nuts to average 100mph on your fastball, but the natural movement that Skenes generates just takes it to a whole other level.
Imagine talking about how this young dude is “going to get Tommy John” like bro just sit and watch the phenom and enjoy it. Old heads mad
my red flag is thinking i could do this after 7 years of not pitching, i love watching greatness
Paul Skenes got that dawg in him
12:30. That slider was so filthy
Paul is going to have a single bad day and the internets going to call him a bum. How it usually goes
Lmao so true
Future Yankee , Cash man needs to pull out the YES money to bring him to 161 St so we can start a new Evil Empire!!!
Seeing Livvy with Joe B will only amp him up more. #King
literally bananas
Skenes is HIM
Skenes should get MVP. There hasn’t been a 22 year old who dominated like he has. Nolan?
Guys potential is unlimited
My hope for Skenes is, the Pirates don't trade him the minute they may have to pay the man.
The Pirates can't afford him they have him for 5 years and that's it.
@@michaellivesey2506 we do have the best farm team in the majors. Get them ready to sell them off.
If he keeps doing this for the next five years he could be the next Nolan Ryan maybe 😂
Exactly!
@@uuu817He’d have to do it for 27 years to be the next Nolan.
lmao Nolan did this for 200 pitches and entire games consistently. Those guys were built different.
He has way better command than Nolan Ryan ever did.
@@JackKnoxx Maybe so, but 27 years throwing in around 100 mph, 5000 strikeouts, and 7 no hitters are still pretty impressive.
Paul Skenes is Byson DeChambeau of baseball
The Stuff is FILL-THEE.
Best big pitcher since Roger Clemens and Nolan Ryan, very similar attributes hope his love for the game lasts as well as his arm
Love Skenes! I am collecting his cards.
What are they going for as of now? LSU fan here
I hope he's a Pirate for 10 years.
And then he goes out and throws a no hitter through 7. This man will be one of the best pitchers ever if he can stay healthy. Coming from a Vols fan 🍊🍊🍊
Pirates needing to look for angel funding asap to even try and keep Skenes lmao
Scary good.
GEAUX TIGERS
Best rookie
That Olivia Dunne 🐱 gots him balling
He’d be 10-0 if his offense and relief pitchers could do their job
💯
He needs to start the ASG
Paul Skenes may have peaked too soon... starts dating Livvy Dunn, wins MCWS, signed by Pirates. Gonna be hard to top that year. Especially that first thing.
Nothing in his life will ever top being signed by the Pirates.
@@55Porter Winning the world series with a different team will.
Well Dunn is staying with him she knows he will be playing for the Yankies for 700 mil soon
@@michaellivesey2506 At least she can say she was the rich one when they met 😂
The only pitcher in the MLB who can throw a 100 mph fastball and not get Tommy John
Aroldis Chapman would like a word
...in his first 10 starts
I love the guy, but im scared hes gonne get injured alot due to his consistent triple digit pitches
He's great, but he's young. Hopefully he never gets it.
Yet
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This guy is incredible. But he needs to stay healthy. At 22 years old and pitching like this, he could be the next Cy Young. I haven’t seen a picture like this in years if ever. Five or six pitches that are unhittable good luck.
I really hope he doesn't turn into Strasburg. This guy is special
Strasberg had a nice career. Felt with some injuries. But still had a pretty good career. Even won a WS MVP.
How long before the countless articles begin about where Skenes will land (Yankees, Dodgers, etc.) because he won’t stay in Pittsburgh. Not when he could earn $50 million per year elsewhere in a few years when he’s eligible for Free Agency and the Bucs are still a .500 at best with him there.
well it's true. He won't be in Pittsburgh long
The first billion dollar contract 😂
No. But I could see some team paying him $75 million a year. That will be quite the pay bump from the relatively paltry $740k he will make this year.
I'm still feeling so pessimistic. I can see with these pitches that he's either going to blow his arm out, or the Pirates will just not pay him and let him walk like they always do.
His girl was at the all white party ofc he had to get 10
Very impressive, very. I’m just cautiously optimistic because we’ve seen so many power pitchers break down by their early 30s. I just don’t have confidence that the human arm can withstand the torque and stress from throwing that hard for 15-20 years without it breaking down. There’s limitations the human body can handle.
Pirates wont have him till his early 30's so we are good get what you can with the 5 years we have
Paul Skenes is the reason I didn’t win 10K tonight.
Dam
The pirates need to sell out and buy bats while they can
Next gen Randy Johnson?
W Paul Skenes he might be the good pitcher rn
The Mets will trade for Pirates starter Paul Skenes if Kodai Senga decides to opt out of the final 2 years of a 5-year contract after next season.
this mf throws a 90 mph slider folks 🤯
Ohtani hit a homerun off him. I missed that part of the clip.
Maybe this guy is the "real deal".🤔
maybe the Beatles were duh
Now we just need the pirates to build around him before he leaves for way more money. But we all know that won't happen so it will be nice to see him get K''s but we won't be winning the world series any time soon.
This dude is nails
Bonds would take him deep … 😂 skenes got a rocket though
Makes the hitters look silly
0-2 count .
Bader guarantee swinging at slider next pitch 😂
Bro Paul Skenes is him
plz dont get injured
Hope this guys is not the next Matt Harvey. All that stuff in the beginning to end up blowing his elbow.
I'm going to be so sad when we give him up for nothing :(
Gonna be great to see him on the dodgers in 6 years
💃🔥🔥🔥
what a rookie!
He's a 5 or 6 inning pitcher big deal.Take the all time greats if they pitched only 5 or 6 innings those guys pitched complete games
I mean he’s also a rookie so hopefully the pitch count improves in 2025
Pirates will lose him to big market team like they lost Cole
Ohtani got nothing on skenes sorry dodgers fans
Casual fan here, but can’t ohtani do everything?
as a pirate fan i’m taking ohtani over any pitcher in the league ohtani healthy is a great pitcher and batter
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The cheapskate that runs the bucs will do what he always does, be cheap and not place a winning team on the field 😢
Watch this guy be a Mariner in about 4-5 years.
daddy skenes