Jeff Hathorne

He has to be a guy who gets maximum at bats.

Yeah, mine was 85.

And I think I counted into that that he would be a part of this.

So mine doesn't change.

If I see a third baseman added, maybe a veteran pitcher just for depth, that number might go up.

But as of right now, I'm not going to change my number.

I don't think that's in stone, the postseason.

Because there's two weekends of back-to-back games.

If Shelofs plays out of his mind and Skinner struggles, either in the back-to-back this weekend or against Washington, I think that could change going into the playoffs.

But I think as of right now, they've settled into Skinner.

They like the way he's playing.

Guys like playing for or around him, with him.

He's got an infectious personality.

That doesn't have to be the end-all, be-all, but I do think Skinner has separated himself.

Plus, the other thing you know with Skinner that you don't know with Shelofs, even though he didn't always have the best games in the playoffs, he's played in those games.

He's played in elimination games.

He knows what that pressure is like.

And he's got a one and a three-year-old.

Not that you're hurting for money for what he's making right now.

And I think he probably understands where the Penguins are at prospect-wise of like, this is a great run.