Saw Skenes dominated his start last night in the WBC. Looking up his stats for his first 2 years in the MLB. He’s definitely looking like a generational talent. I can remember Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson having some similar type seasons to Skenes in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. That being the steroid era maybe makes those years more impressive for Martinez and Johnson.
World baseball classic - Skenes
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He's a freak. Hopefully Mangum and Griffin and others can help give him some run support
Konnor Griffin is a generational talent as well. put some decent talent around those 2 and the Pirates may be singing "We are Family" again
Bobby Witt jr out there making plays. Two incredible plays at short last night
To come into MLB almost immediately from college and dominate like he has is pretty special. Generational talent for sure.
I am curious how long Skenes' arm holds up. Pedro and Johnson were pretty natural throwers, Skenes looks like a bodybuilder.
I wonder the same thing. And I’ll be interested to see how many of these seasons he can stack up. I can’t even think of a comp for how he’s started his career. Back to back years below 2 era has not been done all that often but I can’t think of anyone who has done it to start their career. Even the Randy Johnson, Pedro, Clemens, Maddox… those guys had some seasons that rival what Skenes has done but definitely not to start their career.
It's amazing he did it as not a New York Met. Tom Seaver was stupid good and turned into one of the best to take the bump. Jacob DeGrom looked like he was going to be an ace for years to come but couldn't beat arm problems. Dwight Gooden going to be the best pitcher of all time, but well...
I read where he didn't even pitch until his junior year. I found that hard to believe, so I dove into USSSA and PG and it appears to be true, as he hardly has any stats. Might just be a case of his arm being the liveliest at the perfect time. And makes sense because Air Force was his best offer out of high school, plus he didn't have to throw a ton in 2020 because the season got cancelled.
Be a good test case considering he does still throw so hard, which most people think is more so the key for UCL issues rather than just overuse. And since he was matured and was getting good coaching by the time he was pitching a ton, maybe he can ward it off.
I still wonder what our record would have been in 2023 had we signed him. The baseball Cam Newton. I know we sucked but a guy like that flips the whole script.
If his arm falls off, i think you can find it in Olivia Dunn. Got daamn. But i really like Skenes. Very patriotic and has talked about retiring early to join the military. We’ll see. For a corn dog, i like
