Skenes / Langford Watch (and other 2023 draftees)

[varoadking]

Was confused because the pitch up high was also red so there were four strikes. Turns out that was a ball.

How'd he miss that one?

[Natsinpwc]

How'd he miss that one?

He’s good horizontally.  Or is vertically? 

[imref]

Skenes goes 3.1 with 1H, 8Ks and 2BBs on Thursday. ERA still at 0.00

[imref]

After 85 ABs Langford is sitting at .235BA / .595 OPS with no home runs.  I saw they had him batting 8th last night.

[imref]

Langford hits his first major league home run - and it's inside the park.

[imref]

Seems silly to still have Skenes pitching at AAA right now.

last night: 6IP, 4H, 0ER, 1BB, 7Ks.  75 pitches, 53 strikes.  ERA now at 0.39, WHIP at 0.87

He's going to have a Strasburg-esque debut when he finally gets the call.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

It is entirely service time manipulation at this point

[SkinsNatFan21RIP]

I really like Crews but missing out on Skenes due to a draft lottery is just a killer.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I really like Crews but missing out on Skenes due to a draft lottery is just a killer.

the thing was, the Pirates wanted their top pick to sign for underslot to allow them to use the money elsewhere. I don't think they were necessarily targeting Skenes. It was a reasonable thought all along that we'd get Skenes.

[nfotiu]

I can't really say I'd prefer the pitcher over field player these days.   As fast as he throws, he's not to be a dominant starting pitcher for more than a handful of years.