The Pirates rotation sometime in the future is going to be:
Paul Skenes
Bubba Chandler
Jared Jones
Seth Hernandez
Braxton Ashcraft
And it’s going to be nuts
@AKloss8@ijimmyson1@Pirates@SNPittsburgh@KDKARadio I mean for the limited opportunity he certainly has. I dont think anyone would've complained if he stayed at 1 for this game. Assuming Donny just trying to protect him and hoping to face Shota 2x not 3
@2read_replies@ijimmyson1@Pirates@SNPittsburgh@KDKARadio Cruz has kinda proved otherwise to start this year, has he not? Why can't he be rewarded for that? Yorke is obviously being rewarded for his start.. Not the end of the world with how the lineup is, but also not a fan of the musical chairs way either.
@ijimmyson1@Pirates@SNPittsburgh@KDKARadio I didnt miss the point, the point just didnt make any sense. Cruz is nowhere close to Mike Trout nor an above avg MLB hitter. A career .184 avg vs lefties moves him out of leadoff until he proves otherwise
@2read_replies@Pirates@SNPittsburgh@KDKARadio Nope, you missed the point entirely. I was trying to stress that good hitters don’t bat in a different spot based on the pitcher. If you’re shuffling your top 6 hitters every game then you don’t have a stable line up. I can see shuffling and rotating the bottom of the order.
Tiger is such a dickhead. When he lost at Emirates golf club on the 18th hole, (spun a wedge into the water) he went into the men’s locker room and broke at least 20 lockers. Earlier in the week decided not to sign three kids shirts, and had plenty of time. He gets what he deserves. I would’ve never gave him the toilet paper. He’s a complete asswipe anyways.
@IanMoranIsGOD@GlitchBurgh I feel like you can get lucky with sellers.. unfortunately tho you cant just trust reviews. I bought a Skenes that looks like a unauthentic as it gets.. while others are easily worth the 30 bucks
@GlitchBurgh do not buy these. Fanatics is obviously trash but these Chinese things are ten times worse and anybody who tells you that they "can't tell the difference" is just incapable of paying even a modicum of attention to detail.
@BenedickUSA@ThePoniExpress Or it renews Skenes interest? Highly possible he stated he's not going to waste any more of his career than he has to with a perennial bottom 5 team
@ThePoniExpress Why would the team's interest in an extended future with Skenes be dependent on how the team as a whole does *this* year? Makes zero sense.
BREAKING: Excellent Pirates insider Jason Mackey says the Pirates could revisit contract extension talks with Paul Skenes this offseason if the team makes the playoffs. Or wins 85-90 games. Wow.
@eYARKulation@CWolfPGH So you had a great view of Ichiro hitting absolute bombs in BP??
I was above Clemente Wall, dude literally hitting 80% of the balls 50ft over my head. He had superior power to Ryan Howard and I still cant believe what I saw
@RedsWhisperer Feels good. $8+mil for a dude who bloops a single every 5th at bat. Is he still smashing balls straight in front of the plate most abs? Yall handed the pirates $40million cash
This seems very untenable. Causing roster logjam elsewhere, $8M a year the next four years, a degenerative back issue that likely gets worse as he ages, and you play 8 on 9 with your lineup each time he starts.
@StFD_and_RtJR@Maddog_219 This may be one of the most logical extension offers I've read. Skenes knows he can break the market in 2030 so won't sign something team friendly.
Assuming $65-75m in arbitration, 3yrs/165-175m is ~$55m/yr. Pirates may have room to shave a little off and still be mighty enticing
@Maddog_219 Buy out his arb years and include a 3 yr extension
6 yr, $240 w/ signing bonus and we might have something. He'd be a free agent at age 30 🤷♂️
@C_Reilly5@NUCLRGOLF I can't believe ppl type this shit let alone form these opinions. We're watching this for entertainment. I could care less what tiger does in his personal life, dude is the most polarizing figure in a 'boring' sport. Kelce provides nothing other than being big and dumb
@NUCLRGOLF Makes no sense
Yeah, let’s ban Kelce but I’m sure everyone wanted Tiger this year who could’ve killed someone on his pill driving endeavor
Come on people!
@ChristianMurp04@ThePoniExpress It cant be absurd when 3 of 4 years is arbitration controlled. If he shatters arb records he could possibly get 20-30-40.. that's $90 mil. $50 mil for the extra year. I dont even know if the pirates would offer that
@ChristianMurp04@ThePoniExpress Lol I dont think you know how this works. You want him to get the highest AAV of all time, $30m higher than any pitcher not name Shohei, for 1 extra year post arbitration. Which Skubal just set the arb record at $32m, on his last arb year.
@PocsikWill@JonHeyman This is more than fair. Normal progression is 3 years at $800k and then might pull $30m-$50m in 3yrs of arb. He's assuring himself $100m more by locking in 3 extra years. If his market value is ~30m its a wash. Huge risk for pirates, he's set for life even if he turns out a bust
I’m the 900th person to say this today but I don’t care. Sidney Crosby helping PPG Paints Arena personnel clean up the chairs on the ice for the team picture is cool. He is a class act. And a model citizen. Never take him for granted.