[Langs] Paul Skenes has a 2.02 career ERA. That’s the second-lowest through 50 career starts in the Live Ball Era (1920), behind only: Vida Blue: 2.01

[u/Knightbear49]

https://bsky.app/profile/slangsonsports.bsky.social/post/3lx63gqwwgk2w

[u/CHNinniMug]

His team must win a lot with him pitching!

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/CHNinniMug]

More than usual!

[u/xyzzy321]

Not bad for a guy who's a famous NCAA athlete's boyfriend

[u/Jux_ → u/xyzzy321]

Trophy husband material

[u/DecoyOne → u/Jux_]

I also choose this guy’s girlfriend’s boyfriend

[u/unlostaprilseventh → u/xyzzy321]

Wait he's dating an NCAA athlete?

[u/Klin24 → u/unlostaprilseventh]

[u/unlostaprilseventh → u/Klin24]

Is this her?

[u/Klin24 → u/unlostaprilseventh]

[u/scottydg → u/unlostaprilseventh]

People are ragging on you because this is the most famous fact about Skenes, that he's dating even more famous NCAA gymnast and online personality Livvy Dunne.

[u/unlostaprilseventh → u/scottydg]

I genuinely didnt know that or who she is.

[u/MayiHav10kMarblesPlz → u/unlostaprilseventh]

Well on a better note. You're now slightly less horny than the average sports fan.

[u/unlostaprilseventh → u/MayiHav10kMarblesPlz]

Ha ha...yeah. please don't look at my subs

[u/Kaldricus → u/MayiHav10kMarblesPlz]

Was slightly less horny

[u/chanaandeler_bong → u/scottydg]

shes not even a gymnast anymore. She is a hot chick. He's dating a famous hot chick, just like Jeter did with 20+ women.

[u/Broskii56 → u/scottydg]

Famous is pushing it, she’s just an online personality that has gained traction. I don’t think a bunch of people are chasing her like they would normal celebrities.

[u/Ok_Cabinet2947 → u/Broskii56]

Oh yes they are

[u/Broskii56 → u/Ok_Cabinet2947]

Ok but those are the weirdos

[u/nWhm99 → u/Broskii56]

Why are you people like this? You said something wrong, OP replied with actual proof, instead of saying "oh wow I didn't know", you double down.

[u/chanaandeler_bong → u/nWhm99]

I mean those are college kids at the college she was attending at the time, for the sport she competed in.

Pretty typical on campus SEC behavior. A&M had insane volleyball fans when I was there.

[u/Broskii56 → u/nWhm99]

Being famous and an online personality are different view points. She’s popular because she’s naturally pretty and went the “influencer” route to get popularity. From what I understand she isn’t even a top gymnasts anymore and is more so there for the online clicks and traction she gets. If people wanna obsess over her for that it’s predominantly those who drool over the internet. I don’t think she is famous, simply because there are others who have 0 clue who she is and that makes sense. Famous people are world renowned and she has nothing on those who are famous for external reasons. Internet personalities can gain lots of traction and being famous to me isn’t entirely correct.

[u/Muntberg → u/unlostaprilseventh]

He got rizzed up by baby gronk

[u/Random_Fog → u/Muntberg]

“Is baby gronk the new drip king or is he just getting rizzed by Livvy” was when I realized my age.

[u/unlostaprilseventh → u/Muntberg]

Who is that?

[u/Mozilla_Fennekin → u/unlostaprilseventh]

Don't worry about it

[u/Amazing-Astronaut913]

I just know MLB The Show is gonna release a Skenes card that makes me wanna kill myself

[u/DoctorTheWho → u/Amazing-Astronaut913]

They'll release a bunch of overpowered cards for random players who had a good weekend and then a 6th Nick Kurtz card...

[u/Jedi-El1823 → u/DoctorTheWho]

What's the problem with giving better cards to a dude who had a good 3 game stretch than to Hank Aaron?

Zod, I remember when they increased the rating scale and said only the elite of the elite would get the high ratings, guys like Babe Ruth, Pujols, Ripken, Bob Gibson, Nolan Ryan, and Tom Seaver, and it was like that for 18 which was the first year, the Finest cards got top of the line ratings as well but those were the best players that season, so reward them with overpowered cards at the end of the cycle. But now those ratings go to anybody.

[u/Vagina_Woolf → u/Jedi-El1823]

I just want cool cards and challenges. Gimme a Kent Tekulve card or Tom Lawless!!

[u/Psycho5275 → u/Amazing-Astronaut913]

Skenes' pitching motion is ass though. It's easy to track the ball early because he flashes his glove in the same exact spot that the pitch is coming from

[u/I3arusu → u/Amazing-Astronaut913]

Skenes is ass in the game. Very easy to read and none of his pitches move at all.

[u/aflyingsquanch]

He's also behind Vida on his ability to do large amounts of cocaine.

[u/femboymariners]

Ooh look I’m Paul skenes I’m a great pitcher I have sex with livvy dunne man fuck you /s

[u/average_waffle]

The future for the pirates is so bright I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!

/s if it wasn't obvious

[u/DuckDuck_poop → u/average_waffle]

The future of our pitching staff is incredibly bright. Its just the other part of the game.

[u/-NolanVoid- → u/average_waffle]

You guys have good arms. I was impressed with the series that just wrapped up. 3 games of making our entire lineup look like they came from a tee-ball league.

For those who don't know, the Pirates swept the Rockies in a 3 game set where the Rockies scored 1 run in the entire fucking 3 games.

[u/abhorentFacts]

Can we PLEASE use ERA+ when comparing eras like this? It takes nothing away from Skenes and it more accurately ranks the great pitchers in history.

[u/aflyingsquanch]

Vida Blue's Age 21 season was just utterly ridiculous:

39 GS, 24 CG, 312 IP, 24-8, 1.82 ERA, 183 ERA+, 0.952 WHIP

Worth 9.0 bWAR, 8.8 fWAR.

[u/KakeLin → u/aflyingsquanch]

dafuq

[u/questionyou100]

Vida blue mentioned!!!!

[u/Radoobie]

We still gonna pretend that if you got to pick between skubal and skenes it is super close or we finally gonna admit that the guy 5 years younger with one of the most insane stat lines of all time is the unanimous selection? 

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/Radoobie]

I mean, luckily we don’t have to pick. But also, Skubal is the better pitcher in this very moment. Leads in WHIP, SO (& K%), and FIP. Not to mention all his expected stats are lower

Obviously if we’re talking rest of career, my money is on Skenes. But Skubal has been beyond dominant in a way Skenes has not.

[u/macob → u/OnlyForBaseball]

No need to pit two bad bitches against each other

[u/bigtimeru5her]

[u/No_Cat_No_Cradle]

Vida Blue won the cy young and MVP with 9 WAR in 1971. catfish hunter and Rollie fingers were on the same team too. Jesus.

[u/curaga12]

19W 12L fyi

8W 9L with 2.07 era this season

[u/SilverBuggie]

Generational talent doesn’t seem to describe him enough.

[u/DoctorTheWho]

They need some ML level pieces on offense badly. They really should explore trading him this offseason for a massive haul of ML ready playerd and try to actually be competitive when Chandler and Barco are likely established MLers in another 2 years.

[u/Mogster_74]

Future Dodgers ace is off to a great start to his career.

[u/unlostaprilseventh]

He's gonna make an incredible Padre then Dodger in 2 years.