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IGT 07/05 - Mets at Buccs - One Slip

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Skenes: 9 ML starts, 4-0, 52.1 IP, 12 ER, 44 hits, 70 K, 10 BB

The #1/1 draft pick out of LSU less than one year ago, he pitched just 12 G/34 IP in the minors.

Silly looking mustache.


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Went to the U S Air Force Academy before transferring to LSU.



From Wikimedia:

[bLOCKQUOTE]Skenes was born and raised in Orange County, California, where he attended El Toro High School and played three seasons of varsity baseball. Skenes initially attended the United States Air Force Academy and won the John Olerud Award, given annually to the best two-way player in college baseball, in 2022. Ahead of his junior season, Skenes transferred to LSU, where he won Southeastern Conference and national pitcher of the year honors as well as the Dick Howser Trophy. Skenes was part of the LSU pitching staff during the team's 2023 Men's College World Series championship win and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.




Skenes entered the 2023 MLB draft as one of its most anticipated prospects and considered by some as the best pitching prospect since Stephen Strasburg.[1] Skenes was selected first overall by the Pirates and signed to a $9.2 million bonus. He made his MLB debut in May 2024.[/bLOCKQUOTE]



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Other things The John Olerud Award could possibly honor:


  • Prettiest Lefthanded Swing


  • Outstanding Player who Wears a Helmet on Defense


  • Year's Silliest Litigation by a Former Balllayer



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Edgy MD wrote:

[*]Outstanding Player who Wears a Helmet on Defense



Why he did it (From his SABR bio):
In December 1988, he suffered an intense headache while working out. It happened again another week later. He didn't think they were too worrisome and didn't tell anyone about them.8 But things got worse on January 11, 1989, when he collapsed while jogging around the Washington State athletics complex.9 He didn't wake up until an hour later. He stayed in the hospital for two weeks before returning to school in February, planning to resume baseball in March.10



His recovery process hit another snag on February 24 when he went to see Dr. Richard Winn, the head of neurosurgery at the University of Washington. Dr. Winn took several X-rays of Olerud's brain and found something potentially deadly: an aneurysm near the brain.11



“The guy brings out the X-ray, and I go, ‘There it is,'” Olerud said. “You didn't have to be a brain surgeon to pick it out.”12



John underwent six hours of extremely high-risk surgery. The operation was a success, but he still faced a multitude of challenges. Surgeons had to cut open his head to get to the aneurysm, which left an unprotected portion when they were finished. As a result, he began to wear a helmet on the baseball field at all times, a practice he continued his whole career.13


I never knew that.

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I kinda remember that he wore the helmet in the field because

he promised his Mom that he would. Of course, my recollections

aren't exactly footnote worthy for a BioProject piece.


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Skenes is pitching so this is must-see TV. Let's get a look at baseball's newest pitching phenom. Tough assignment for the Mets to snap their two-game skid.


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Francisco Lindor (S) SS

Brandon Nimmo (L) LF

J.D. Martinez ® DH

Pete Alonso ® 1B

DJ Stewart (L) RF

Francisco Alvarez ® C

Jose Iglesias ® 3B

Jeff McNeil (L) 2B

Harrison Bader ® CF



Luis Severino RHP

5-2, 3.42 ERA, 74 SO

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Joshua Palacios (L) RF

Bryan Reynolds (S) DH

Oneil Cruz (L) SS

Rowdy Tellez (L) 1B

Nick Gonzales ® 2B

Jack Suwinski (L) LF

Ke'Bryan Hayes ® 3B

Yasmani Grandal (S) C

Michael A. Taylor ® CF



Paul Skenes RHP

4-0, 2.06 ERA, 70 SO


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Frayed Knot

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These DPs (one GiDP, one LO) are not only killing potential big innings but also prevent us from running up this dude's pitch count.


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She is a spokesperson for Vuori Sportswear which at the moment is more interesting than this game for me anyway



That pesky trade deadline is popping into my head again


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A terrible start to the seventh, and Severino leaves with the bases loaded and no outs.



I was surprised he was still in the game.


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Not that it would have changed things much, but I can't remember a single borderline call tonight going in NYM pitchers' favor where as Skenes got several.

At least two of those 4 balls to Tellez just now were in/on the 'box' and c/should have been strikes.


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