Is it too early to label Paul Skenes the 'next big thing'?

[stevenash]

Pirates' Paul Skenes shuts down Dodgers in dominant outing - ESPN

[unde0087]

Who is he, never heard of him?

[stevenash]

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Some jabroni from the OC with a decent pitching arm.

[unde0087]

[unde0087]

I honestly don't think I have watched one of his starts. Mets haven't played them in a series he pitched that I can remember and I haven't had a night where I said to myself "I need to watch a Pirate game"

[ChuckyTheGoat]

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Some jabroni from the OC with a decent pitching arm.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/skenepa01.shtml

...His stats look pretty dominant. Any sense as to whether he'll burn out? Or do you see him having good longevity?

[unde0087]

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/skenepa01.shtml

...His stats look pretty dominant. Any sense as to whether he'll burn out? Or do you see him having good longevity?

He reminds me of the Dark Knight. I can see him having Tommy John in the near future with how hard he throws. All of the great pitchers these days end up hurting their arms but maybe he will be the lucky one that can avoid it.

[stevenash]

He reminds me of the Dark Knight.

Matt Havey is probably the greatest HS pitcher out of Connecticut.
The Harveys have been in Mystic/New London forever. He's one of ours.
They have property near the USCG submarine base in Groton.

His old man played centerfield for UConn and was a linebacker in football.
I don't know how NCAA scholarships work, but I'm told UNC offered Matt a scholarship he couldn't refuse.
I tend to believe this, there's no other reason why he would have left here for North Carolina.

Matt'll be OK, he's been clean and sober for years, he has money, and he'll be making more money going forward.

[unde0087]

Matt Havey is probably the greatest HS pitcher out of Connecticut.
The Harveys have been in Mystic/New London forever. He's one of ours.
They have property near the USCG submarine base in Groton.

His old man played centerfield for UConn and was a linebacker in football.
I don't know how NCAA scholarships work, but I'm told UNC offered Matt a scholarship he couldn't refuse.
I tend to believe this, there's no other reason why he would have left here for North Carolina.

Matt'll be OK, he's been clean and sober for years, he has money, and he'll be making more money going forward.

That dude was great. I wish he wouldn't have fallen victim to the party scene in the big city but he wasn't the first nor the last. I hardly ever miss a Mets game but for sure never missed a start from Harvey. Guy was sensational just like deGrom. Loved watching him pitch a true Ace. As Dickie V would say "a PTPer baby"

[stevenash]

I wish he wouldn't have fallen victim to the party scene in the big city but he wasn't the first nor the last.

He grew up in a party scene.
His home is a ten-minute straight shot to Mohegan Sun.
That Mystic/Old Saybrook/Rhode Island area is loaded with money.
You have the hedge fund brokers to the south, and the 'goodfellas' from Providence from the north.
Matt had an eight-year head start on the party scene even before he hit Citi.

Hey Unde, talk me through your thought process as this play was developing.
On the very first pitch, in the first inning, Escobar hits a liner to the gap that makes Cespedes look like a Bush Leaguer.
You just knew the Mets were doomed on the very first pitch.

(I apologize for that, I couldn't resist)

[unde0087]

you fuk

[unde0087]

Hey I am not ever going to say one bad thing about Cespedes. Even though we only really got a year out of the guy because he got hurt he was one of the main reasons we got to the WS along with Murphy and the emergence of the rookie Conforto. Cespedes was a beast that year and changed the team immediately when arriving.