OT: Pirates Talk: That Skenes guy is okay at teh baseball

[Empoleon8771]

We really aren't doing the thing where we take 5 games in early Spring Training and extrapolate anything from it are we.

No? Who's doing that?

Suwinski was horrendous last year but I think people here forget that he was a 107 OPS+ hitter that averaged 23 HRs a season in his first 2 years. I'm not declaring that he's reformed because of a few spring games, but him hitting well again suggests he could return to past form as a platoon power hitting corner OF.

If he ends the spring hot, you keep him on the MLB roster and see if he can return to his past form. I don't see why that statement is controversial.

 

[MrBrightside]

No? Who's doing that?

Suwinski was horrendous last year but I think people here forget that he was a 107 OPS+ hitter that averaged 23 HRs a season in his first 2 years. I'm not declaring that he's reformed because of a few spring games, but him hitting well again suggests he could return to past form as a platoon power hitting corner OF.

If he ends the spring hot, you keep him on the MLB roster and see if he can return to his past form. I don't see why that statement is controversial.

He's likely going to make the team because they really don't have a lot of quality OF options. I just cringe reading the breathless reports from Spring Training about how Suwinski and Matt Gorski are raking and Hayes stole a base (!) and the like as if these things actually matter. Yes, it is better that he's hitting over the last week than not, but to put any significance on a few early ST games just seems wishcasting at its finest.

Signed,
Kenny Pickett 2023 Preseason

 

[BusinessGoose]

Skenes is going to get reps today (sat 3/1) vs orioles 105pm est

MLBnetwork and SportsnetPIT should have it

 

[Empoleon8771]

Interesting development, Yorke is playing 1B today. I'm not sure that Yorke really has the HR power you want out of a 1B, I think he's more of a gap power kind of guy, but Yorke as a 1B would be really useful in the long run if he can successfully play the position.

If he can play 1st, having a Horwitz/Yorke platoon at 1st while Yorke plays other positions against righties would be pretty solid IMO.