Same was said about Steven Strasberg and Shohei Ohtani as well but one was forced to retire due to injuries and the other was forced out of the starting rotation altogether and is no more than a glorified DH.
@@arthurau9231 a "glorified DH" is a little harsh when he's been arguably the best hitter in baseball through the first quarter of the season. It'll be interesting to see if he can come back from a second TJ surgery and be at all effective, when the track record there isn't great, but at the same time Ohtani is also a 1 of 1 genuine freak athlete.
His 4 seam fastball has below average horizontal and vertical movement in MLB. It’s his release point and velocity that makes it effective. His splinker has above average movement and is probably his best pitch.
@@buddhastl7120 it makes sense.. rotational velocity can’t grab as much air to move one way or another if it’s going 4-6 miles an hour faster than your average starter. That little five percent increase means the ball is in the air a meaningfully shorter time. But you’re so right. That release is nasty.
I'm from brazil... 99% people only into football and I love too but start to watch baseball because of ohtani but I'm very excited for the this amazing talent who are starting careers now like skenes, de la cruz, sasaki... i feel that i have luck to catch a great era of baseball players
It’s the control that is so impressive. He’s able to locate 100mph on the black consistently. I think that is the reason why his velocity is more impressive than guys like Chapman, who can throw 105 in his prime, but would live around the middle of the plate. Hoping this guys arm holds up and he is able to create the blueprint for high velo starters who can also have long careers.
This dude is a freak of nature! Bob Nutting please go out and spend some money around him and win some World Series! Cause this dude is a TRUE #1. The movement on his pitches is something different
@@eternalthread7846 not really though. Dunne is very famous, even more than himself. She can help him navigate the media and extra attention, in order to maintain his focus. their situation‘s are very different, but the attention is similar.
He's awesome to watch, really hope he stays on top of his strength, health and recovery so that his arm and elbow hold up for years to come! Great dude on and off the field
Greg Brown is a solid announcer. He's the one with the emotion and he typically is always like this. Matt Capps the former pitcher is the other one that's more chill
It's poetic that he did it at Wringley field because it's very reminiscent of Kerry Woods' 20 K start. The hard fast ball with armside run, the slider, very similar in my eyes.
I've been watching the MLB since the early 1970s. Honestly, Skenes has a chance to cause a mania comparable to Fernando Valenzuela in the early 1980s. I hope and pray that his are/elbow will remain intact throughout the year. I have seen too many flame-throwers getting injured (Strasburg, Lincecum, Kerry Wood, Syndergaard, etc, etc.) and ended the career way too early.
Yeah but he's not strictly a flamethrower. He has the speed and power of a flamethrower, but he just uses his fastball to make them have to wait for it or to try to guess which ridiculous junk pitch he's going to throw. There's no way they can catch up that fast of a fastball unless they're sitting on it. He throws more junk than anything from way I've seen. What do you think?
He’s an absolute machine. I was blessed to watch him in college, in a higher LSU fan. It’s something about that arm angle that hides the ball…. Similar to Aaron Nola.
If I'm the Pirates, I'm pushing as many promising rookies into the league as I can! With the way their pitching staff looks this year, their in a position few organizations have EVER been in.
@@rags15061 They need to get Hayes back, and more consistency out of Cruz and Reynolds. The bullpen is total SHITE, and they arguably have the worst manager in baseball. He needs to go in the offseason, and they need to sign some veteran bats to fill out the line-up.
As long as the mlb staffs don’t change and destroy his arm, he will be dominant for a long time. Throwing a ball like that and not over labored while doing it. Amazing.
I really enjoyed watching him play last year at LSU, my hometown team and what some people may not know is that when he transferred from the Air Force Academy his heater was running up to 92-93mph and he also played catcher. He was their best hitter, batted around .350 with power, led the team in homers but came to LSU and focused strictly on pitching (*LSU had a couple of decent hitters a year ago lol) and somehow found his fastball running up to 102mph and was all everything last year on his way to a championship and the 1st overall selection in the draft followed by former LSU teamate Dylan Crews, the 2nd overall selection in the draft. The first time two players from the same team were drafted 1 and 2, it's probably fair to say that the 2023 LSU Tigers were a pretty good team! Lol 😂
Watch his footwork on the motion--lands on the ball of his foot, toes pointed at the catcher, same as the change Randy Johnson did when he went from a fast but erratic thrower to a lethal pitcher that made hitters buckle in terror. That's why Skenes has such an amazing combination of control and acceleration.
This Man will get the Bucs to a World Series. Mark my words. I'm hoping for Cutch's last season. Though I know this is just mere coincidence but Andrew McCutchen has Homered in every game that Skenes has started in. Tell me that isn't G-d or the Universe giving us a sign.
Dude, the pirates are almost 25 to 1 right now to win their division. Yes, they are 6.5 games back, but they have very good starting pitching. Skenes & Jones are a HELLUVA 1-2 punch. I mean, is it LIKELY that they'll win? No. But, it's hard to find 25-1's that even have a CHANCE.
Y’all need to relax with the Tommy John talk. Skenes is 6’5” 250lbs. He touches 100 without putting himself under duress and he doesn’t throw a cutter. Those are two of the most contributing factors that lead to surgery. Over exertion and throwing pitches that are harder on the elbow than others
Scary great. His command has improved very quickly from the prep work in the minors. Everyone will be begging for mercy if he is on point like this in every outing.
maybe throw the sinker down a bit more and get some ground balls, wouldnt hurt to try with the bases being empty. So much movement. Imagine if he was more efficient with his pitch count!
@@akitas8165I’m not young and follow baseball closely. His stuff is absolutely the best I’ve ever seen. Maybe he doesn’t become the best ever but he absolutely one of the most naturally talented pitchers to ever come to mlb.
As a Pirates fan... he is a monster. His stuff is some of the nastiest I've ever seen, his command/control is rough though. The first start was brutal, he was missing locations so badly but his stuff was so good it didn't matter. The second start was MUCH better obviously. He wasn't so wildly out of the zone on some pitches. He stilled seemed to have trouble elevating the fastball. Maybe I'm wrong because I haven't paid much attention to baseball in a decade because being a Pirates fan is rough. But with that velocity and movement... high inner fastballs are hard to hit and near impossible to make solid contact with. The catcher multiple times setup high and the pitch went low, was still nasty enough for strikes, but man once he gets control of that it's going to be disgusting. He seemed to get better with it in the 6th. He had a few fastballs he got in and up on hitters even though he appeared to lose some velocity. He went from 99-102 to 97-100 He's no Justin Verlander that's for sure. That man threw harder the deeper he went in his early career. I don't think there's much wrong with tossing 100 mph in the 6th though. haha
Are you kidding me? The guy sat 11 in his second big show start while not giving up a single hit? Meanwhile you're looking for things to nitpick? He was great in his first start too but the bullpen absolutely let him down. His command is absolutely fine, you're picking one or two AB's he slightly missed and acting like those were the norm. He had trouble elevating? Were we watching the same game? Honestly, I don't know what you were watching but his movement on just about every pitch besides his change up was just nasty. That run combined with the velocity is ridiculous, yet you're sitting him trying to say it's not that great. It's amazing, period.
As a very fresh baseball follower I have now added Skenes to my checkup list next to Ohtani lmao. Happy doing more research and reading up on storylines outside those two though, been enjoyable.
His throws look so effortless. Usually when you see guys throw over a 100.It looks like they're gonna blow their arm out but his looks smooth. Am i crazy or??
Please baseball gods, protect this man's elbow.
Same was said about Steven Strasberg and Shohei Ohtani as well but one was forced to retire due to injuries and the other was forced out of the starting rotation altogether and is no more than a glorified DH.
Ohtani: what? no!
And his shoulders
@@arthurau9231 a "glorified DH" is a little harsh when he's been arguably the best hitter in baseball through the first quarter of the season. It'll be interesting to see if he can come back from a second TJ surgery and be at all effective, when the track record there isn't great, but at the same time Ohtani is also a 1 of 1 genuine freak athlete.
@arthurau9231 he is the greatest glorified DH of his generation, especially from the left side of the plate. Only as a DH still a top 5 MLB player
Please God, don't let the Pirates pitching coaches talk to him, ever
So true
lmao. but for real God, don't.
Different management but they did nearly ruin Cole by making him pitch for contact, and that management was smarter than the one they have now.
Arm action is crazy
Their pitching coaches are the one part of management that’s actually done a good job so far.
His movement on that fastball is crazy
His 4 seam fastball has below average horizontal and vertical movement in MLB. It’s his release point and velocity that makes it effective. His splinker has above average movement and is probably his best pitch.
@@buddhastl7120 it makes sense.. rotational velocity can’t grab as much air to move one way or another if it’s going 4-6 miles an hour faster than your average starter. That little five percent increase means the ball is in the air a meaningfully shorter time. But you’re so right. That release is nasty.
He needs a splitter in the low 90s it's be impossible to not swing at
Bro throws 101 with a tail. Stop
Korean pitcher Koo Changmo’s fastball is better
Playing like a true number 1 pick
touche
No...playing like the best pitcher in baseball
O's fans felt that comment. Jax will be back though.
@@jamisonweaver3711😢
he’s unbelievable
I believe him.
I'm from brazil... 99% people only into football and I love too but start to watch baseball because of ohtani but I'm very excited for the this amazing talent who are starting careers now like skenes, de la cruz, sasaki... i feel that i have luck to catch a great era of baseball players
ありがとうございます❤
e aiiii meu amigo!!!
I've never seen a pitcher this dominant. He's a freak! Even his 102 mph fastballs track clear across the plate!
I have... Pitcher for the cubs in the 90s.
@brandonfreeman6517 who??? Lmao. Name him
Never? You must be new to the sport.
Nothing that tracks as much as his pitches but he really reminds me of the big unit. I hope he never gets hurt I love watching him
@@MrKirk94kerry wood mark prior
This kid is real deal. All 5 pitches have outrageous movements.
It’s the control that is so impressive. He’s able to locate 100mph on the black consistently. I think that is the reason why his velocity is more impressive than guys like Chapman, who can throw 105 in his prime, but would live around the middle of the plate. Hoping this guys arm holds up and he is able to create the blueprint for high velo starters who can also have long careers.
will not happen
@@TrevorHambergerrandy johnson?
This dude is a freak of nature! Bob Nutting please go out and spend some money around him and win some World Series! Cause this dude is a TRUE #1. The movement on his pitches is something different
Most entertaining pitcher I've seen since Clemens. Dude is throwing absolute gas with movement.
Exactly. Some pitchers can throw a 100 but it’s flat and gets drilled. His has nasty movement on his
Splinker is crazy
The Cubs fan behind home plate was losing his mind 🤣🤣
That 4-seam’s wicked. Most exciting player I’ve watched in baseball this year.
I'm sure the Yankees, Dodgers, and Phillies are licking their chops as they can't wait to deal a few mid-level prospects for him in about 5 years.
Aint no mid level prospects for him
@@13WVUwith the pirates? They will be lucky to get mid level
Paul Skenes struck 11 out and then went home to Livvy Dunne, bro is just winning
He could do a lot better than Livvy dunne there’s a 1000 girls like her on every college campus
@@eternalthread7846 not really though. Dunne is very famous, even more than himself. She can help him navigate the media and extra attention, in order to maintain his focus. their situation‘s are very different, but the attention is similar.
never woulda thought i would be rooting for this kid so hard
He's awesome to watch, really hope he stays on top of his strength, health and recovery so that his arm and elbow hold up for years to come! Great dude on and off the field
I love the energy that the commentators had for this game. I hope they can bring that to every game they work.
Greg Brown is a solid announcer. He's the one with the emotion and he typically is always like this. Matt Capps the former pitcher is the other one that's more chill
I was on the toliet watching this highlight reel just long enough so my legs fell asleep 😂 now I’m in pain… can’t feel my feet
One missed strike call away from being perfect through 6 is insane
It's poetic that he did it at Wringley field because it's very reminiscent of Kerry Woods' 20 K start. The hard fast ball with armside run, the slider, very similar in my eyes.
I've been watching the MLB since the early 1970s. Honestly, Skenes has a chance to cause a mania comparable to Fernando Valenzuela in the early 1980s. I hope and pray that his are/elbow will remain intact throughout the year. I have seen too many flame-throwers getting injured (Strasburg, Lincecum, Kerry Wood, Syndergaard, etc, etc.) and ended the career way too early.
he goes down faster than all of them
Yeah but he's not strictly a flamethrower. He has the speed and power of a flamethrower, but he just uses his fastball to make them have to wait for it or to try to guess which ridiculous junk pitch he's going to throw. There's no way they can catch up that fast of a fastball unless they're sitting on it. He throws more junk than anything from way I've seen. What do you think?
Watched him pitch during a Florida vs LSU game.....dude is a beast!
He’s an absolute machine. I was blessed to watch him in college, in a higher LSU fan. It’s something about that arm angle that hides the ball…. Similar to Aaron Nola.
If I'm the Pirates, I'm pushing as many promising rookies into the league as I can! With the way their pitching staff looks this year, their in a position few organizations have EVER been in.
Ikr! Skenes, Jones, Keller, Falter. Bednar to close. If they keep the bats going watch out.
@@rags15061 They need to get Hayes back, and more consistency out of Cruz and Reynolds.
The bullpen is total SHITE, and they arguably have the worst manager in baseball. He needs to go in the offseason, and they need to sign some veteran bats to fill out the line-up.
@@nahor88 well we can nitpick at all the teams in the league tbh. They just blew out the cubs in front of a packed Wrigley!
@@nahor88he is a bad manger I will say. But I still think that title of worst goes to Oli Marmal
The pirates should lock this guy up
This man will be great for years to come I've got no doubt
this guys a machine just cranking out nasty pitches
This guy is actually so fricken good
As long as the mlb staffs don’t change and destroy his arm, he will be dominant for a long time. Throwing a ball like that and not over labored while doing it. Amazing.
If a team could have Spencer Strider and Paul Skenes on it.... I'd watch baseball every chance I got. Great young talent
I really enjoyed watching him play last year at LSU, my hometown team and what some people may not know is that when he transferred from the Air Force Academy his heater was running up to 92-93mph and he also played catcher. He was their best hitter, batted around .350 with power, led the team in homers but came to LSU and focused strictly on pitching (*LSU had a couple of decent hitters a year ago lol) and somehow found his fastball running up to 102mph and was all everything last year on his way to a championship and the 1st overall selection in the draft followed by former LSU teamate Dylan Crews, the 2nd overall selection in the draft. The first time two players from the same team were drafted 1 and 2, it's probably fair to say that the 2023 LSU Tigers were a pretty good team! Lol 😂
Watch his footwork on the motion--lands on the ball of his foot, toes pointed at the catcher, same as the change Randy Johnson did when he went from a fast but erratic thrower to a lethal pitcher that made hitters buckle in terror. That's why Skenes has such an amazing combination of control and acceleration.
That guy is so awesome. Damn that boy can throw some hundreds
no hitter through 6 on his second major league start... yea that kid is something.
this man will be a legend
This Man will get the Bucs to a World Series. Mark my words. I'm hoping for Cutch's last season. Though I know this is just mere coincidence but Andrew McCutchen has Homered in every game that Skenes has started in. Tell me that isn't G-d or the Universe giving us a sign.
Love this kid. The elbow and shoulder loading is not good. Everyone enjoy this while he's got it.
This is gonna be fun watching him more!!
Wow 🤯 I haven’t seen anything like this since Randy Johnson… he’s definitely unbelievable
I just knew he'll be a generational pitcher!!! Guess he'll be in pinstripes in 5 years lol...
His splitter looks like a reverse slider. It’s nasty!!
His ball movement is something special.
Paul "Good Luck Adjusting" Skenes 2:17
Skenes is a Generational Player.
GEAUX TIGERS
Geaux Tighas!!
We had him for one year chill
@@slobbynick why chill? He is a generational player. Doesn’t matter if LSU had him only for 1 year. He still represents Purple and Gold.
@@slobbynickAnd won a natty. That’s like Auburn fans not celebrating Cam Newton.
😂 How long have you been a pessimistic hater? Do better.
@@Iamhimbutyouarenot people like you keep me going
Dude, the pirates are almost 25 to 1 right now to win their division.
Yes, they are 6.5 games back, but they have very good starting pitching.
Skenes & Jones are a HELLUVA 1-2 punch.
I mean, is it LIKELY that they'll win? No. But, it's hard to find 25-1's that even have a CHANCE.
Y’all need to relax with the Tommy John talk. Skenes is 6’5” 250lbs. He touches 100 without putting himself under duress and he doesn’t throw a cutter. Those are two of the most contributing factors that lead to surgery. Over exertion and throwing pitches that are harder on the elbow than others
Even if he ever does get TJ surgery he will probably throw faster lol. Dudes a beast
@@danny208YT haha true. And yeah he’s gonna be nasty for a while
This Paul Skenes has made an impact in his first road game... and at Wrigley Field.. Oh My God
I can see the future a perfect game is coming his way
Sheesh! All the makings of a legend.
Best fantasy pickup of my life thank god
It never gets old being right
What did I tell you about Skenes
This dude is a beast!!
Love this dude. Throws straight gas ⛽️
Scary great. His command has improved very quickly from the prep work in the minors. Everyone will be begging for mercy if he is on point like this in every outing.
Paul Skenes is the next Jim Maloney .
He is the best pitcher since Koufax , Marichal and Gibson .
Amazing how well he pitched even when not getting a lot of low strikes called.
Can't wait for Pitching Ninja tomorrow!
The glazing is crazy
It’s crazy to think that Nolan Ryan did that for 27 years and his fb was 101 at the plate
Exactly
maybe throw the sinker down a bit more and get some ground balls, wouldnt hurt to try with the bases being empty. So much movement. Imagine if he was more efficient with his pitch count!
now that is a winning arm this year💪. i can see him break Nolan Ryan strike out record
That guy is on another level ⚡⚡⚡
This kid is legit, my goodness...
His splitter is unbelievable
They're so afraid of the fastball they chase everything else
The heading shuold be, ''Skenes Skins Quiet Cubs. LOL, regardless how they play, they are always amusing to someone.
This man is a weapon.
He looks like a nasty pitcher, gonna be a very good one. I also expect him to have had 3-4 TJ surgeries by the time he's 30.
Haven’t seen that much movement on a fastball since Pedro.
Might be some of the nastiest stuff we've ever seen
If you really think that you must be very young or you have not been paying attention.
@@akitas8165I’m not young and follow baseball closely. His stuff is absolutely the best I’ve ever seen. Maybe he doesn’t become the best ever but he absolutely one of the most naturally talented pitchers to ever come to mlb.
No way! Pedro Martinez
@@davidcovington1046 Pedro’s natural stuff was not as good as skenes
@@akitas8165SOME OF THE. SOME OF THE. Can you read?
As a Pirates fan... he is a monster. His stuff is some of the nastiest I've ever seen, his command/control is rough though. The first start was brutal, he was missing locations so badly but his stuff was so good it didn't matter. The second start was MUCH better obviously. He wasn't so wildly out of the zone on some pitches. He stilled seemed to have trouble elevating the fastball.
Maybe I'm wrong because I haven't paid much attention to baseball in a decade because being a Pirates fan is rough. But with that velocity and movement... high inner fastballs are hard to hit and near impossible to make solid contact with. The catcher multiple times setup high and the pitch went low, was still nasty enough for strikes, but man once he gets control of that it's going to be disgusting. He seemed to get better with it in the 6th. He had a few fastballs he got in and up on hitters even though he appeared to lose some velocity. He went from 99-102 to 97-100
He's no Justin Verlander that's for sure. That man threw harder the deeper he went in his early career. I don't think there's much wrong with tossing 100 mph in the 6th though. haha
Are you kidding me? The guy sat 11 in his second big show start while not giving up a single hit? Meanwhile you're looking for things to nitpick? He was great in his first start too but the bullpen absolutely let him down. His command is absolutely fine, you're picking one or two AB's he slightly missed and acting like those were the norm. He had trouble elevating? Were we watching the same game? Honestly, I don't know what you were watching but his movement on just about every pitch besides his change up was just nasty. That run combined with the velocity is ridiculous, yet you're sitting him trying to say it's not that great. It's amazing, period.
favorite pitcher rn
Skenes is prbably glad he has a shortstop as good as oneil cruz
@2:32 that 101 bullet moved from paint to almost the middle of the zone. Protect this man's elbow.
That’s unhittable. Literally.
This guys gonna get 20 in a game one day. He reminds me so much of Max Scherzer
This guy is King of the world at the moment. Possible ROTY AND gets to go home and sleep next to Livy Dunne... What a life!
Great talent.
As a pure baseball fan, I could watch him pitch for days. If he stays healthy, records will fall.
I think mlb should be in a pretty good place with the current up and coming players that will be stars added to the stars that are already established
Eleven strikeouts in your second Major League Baseball start is crazy good
Wow!! this man is 🔥🔥🔥
Best pitcher ever to win the world series is Ralph Hinkley. You know the dude with the curly blonde hair from way back on TV.
Well I hope his career goes well it’s possible that he has the the potential of being the next Nolan Ryan
This guy reminds me of the big unit, so dominant.
Looks like Paul is a God-fearing man
Or just, **God**
If you saw his first ever MLB debut comments, Livvy skenes is still calling
As a very fresh baseball follower I have now added Skenes to my checkup list next to Ohtani lmao. Happy doing more research and reading up on storylines outside those two though, been enjoyable.
I swear we get some amazing talent through The Burgh
Enjoy him for the few year you got him Pittsburgh. He will be moving into a bigger market before long.
He has the most visible action I’ve seen in a while, I mean his pitches move a foot to the left and right, AND throws triple digits.. insane.
The splinker to lefty hitters is just unfair , the run and dive at mid 90's 🙄. Crazy
This is absolutely impressive. Let's just wait and see if TJ gets him within a year or two.
This guy is from another planet
These are variations of the Screwball! Why is nobody noticing this. Watch the action!!
His fastball moves like a 100 mph sinker. Are you kidding me
A true freak of nature
His throws look so effortless. Usually when you see guys throw over a 100.It looks like they're gonna blow their arm out but his looks smooth. Am i crazy or??
This dude made me love baseball again. Reminds me of Kerry Woods in his prime
Got to say this guy really is impressive
The only pitching highlights I watch
That bat toss was headed straight for me shoutout the net 😭