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Skenes has been a meme lord since before he even entered the draft. Even his "splinker" sounds like a meme 😆

This

Yeah, honestly I was trying to say that he took over the entire baseball *scene* out of nowhere, not just MLB. So including when he became popular at LSU and got drafted #1 overall. I understand that it was maybe poor wording though

It is pretty hilarious. Like 80% of this guy's sentences start with "but" or "however" or "so".

@@DavidGravesExists buut... 😆

He reminds me of mark the bird fidrych. you know that I know what I even sat down with your grandmother and she knows it

Pirates fan let’s goooooo

we deserve it skenes made the bucs fun watching again

@@rozzelli6924 Yep! He pitched another great game last evening.

Got some last night 14-2 vs Mets. Was an unreal game to attend in Home Plate Club.

@@LordHighFixxer Cool!

And thank God for that. I'm so sick of seeing and hearing about her.

I believe that, lifetime Yankee fan

appreciate it! 🙏

Definitely

They both have the greatest mustaches in the sport

I’m a braves fan we played against him yesterday I swore strider changed jerseys

Yea the twin that's not near as good 😂. I love Strider's game but he can't even hold Skenes jockstrap. Specifically Strider's off speed pitches are a lot less lethal than Skenes. Strider gets hit hard waaaay more often.

Skenes is better.

let's go, thank you!

@@averagebaseball yessir

Don’t forget Tommy “Tanks” White. He’s up next

Yeah it seems that the title hasn't been interpreted the way I had thought haha. I was trying to say that he took over the entire baseball scene out of nowhere, not just MLB. So including when he became popular at LSU and got drafted #1 overall

The title was meant to include when he became popular at LSU and got drafted #1 overall, not just after he got to MLB. I can see how it could be interpreted that way though

You can leave in your first two years, after that you’re locked in I’m pretty sure

He didn’t commission, nor did he enlist. The service academies are training you to be an officer. Most likely he didn’t contract yet so his baseball dream could be kept alive. I’m not sure exactly what the rules are because I’m in rotc at a state school which is a little different than a service academy.

I’m not sure how common that is, but some people go there for the prestige and free education but then realize they hate it and/or discover the career as an officer is not for them. I’ve met a few people like that. The military doesn’t want officers who don’t want to be there, but they don’t want to give out free educations and not get anything back, so this is the compromise.

Nolan Ryan had a lifetime 2.97 fip and a career high of 11.5 so/9 Skenes this year has a fip of 2.78 with 11.8 so/9 Nolan Ryan is overated: Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Clemens, Walter Payton and Kershaw are the true pillars pitchers should be compared too

hahah u might not survive. I didn’t think anyone would notice, will try to work on that

Yeah it seems that the title hasn't been interpreted the way I had thought haha. I was trying to say that he took over the entire baseball *scene* out of nowhere, not just MLB. So including when he became popular at LSU and got drafted #1 overall

agreed, hopefully he can stay healthy for some time though

When I look at his mechanics, it looks like he really uses all of his body to distribute the workload, should he’ll keep him healthy throughout his career

And he didn't start pitching until a few years ago

@@shadowlazers They said similar about DeGrom :(

Comparing an elite male athlete to a female one is kind of odd.

People were interested in MLB before Skenes made his debut.

@@MrSefiroh That's because you missed the point of analogy and focused on an irrelevant difference and look like a sexist now. The WNBA like MLB each have a rookie sensation who is fascinating the fans and boosting ratings. The comparison is simple. You must be dense.

@@DexterHaven the fact you talk about the wnba likes it credible. 😂. Oh no, calling me sexist is going to ruin my day. Please stop.

@@MrSefiroh That makes no sense logically. The WNBA is fit for analogy, silly. Plus, the issue isn't me calling you 'sexist'; it's you demonstrating it with a focus on gender in a derogatory way when it wasn't even relevant to the analogy. You can't think clearly yet again.

Something tells me he won’t be here for the full 4 yrs. The Pirates are notorious for selling talent for profit.

You have 6 years of arbitration, there’s no way they trade him before that

I try to stick to just baseball haha. Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you! I'll definitely try to work on that

Ya ..last summer..thats the point..a few weeks in the minors and he's dominating mlb

It’s baseball dude. You don’t usually just see someone get drafted and make an immediate impact. It can take years for too prospects to make it theough the minors and even longer to prove they belong in the majors. There was actually a debate whether or not he or crews should have gone 1st overall. With the benefit of hindsight, him going 1 was obvious, but it wasn’t even at the time. He’s already dominating the mlb, it’s unprecedented

How often is the number one pick in baseball play the next season

Baseball drafts are nothing like football or basketball, it’s way more unpredictable and less publicized

That is certainly the trend nowadays but hopefully not

You gave up one run in his first game and left two runners on and they were walked home so technically he gave up three in his first start of four innings

Out of nowhere because he was pitching at LSU last summer and now he's dominating dominating Major League baseball no minors

​@@shadowlazersit's still fundamentally wrong. When you go first overall in the draft it is with the understanding you have the highest chance of becoming an elite player out of ALL those other players. Being drafted in the 8th and coming in and performing like this would be "out of nowhere." Either way, he always had the tag of being elite.

Yea, some people really don't know what that means.

Agreed with this post. ❤.

You’re right. Agreed.

He’s a first round pick if he plays at Florida or Tennessee.

Agreed.

@rsp1218 you serious bro 😂. You are nothing and you clearly don’t watch ball. You’re nothing.