Matt Clement

uh that's a team that like i picked them to win the american league i mean down in the national league east and i'm getting off to such a rough start uh is a surprise but again like we're saying about the pirates many times today it's still early matt great having you we'll see you again next week thanks man pm team coming up next pomp and joe show signing off of them

Yeah, I mean, Paul Skeens is on another level.

So I think that – I don't know if he thinks that way.

I would be thinking exactly like you said.

Get me to this sigh of relief.

Let me get out of this first inning.

I think the bigger sigh of relief probably for him was the three-run homer, you know, to get that lead early.

And to know I'm pitching it with a lead when he didn't pitch with a ton of leads last year.

But, you know, I don't think, I feel like Paul Skeens isn't the type of guy, I guess he is human, that is worrying about getting through that first inning.

But after last time, maybe a little bit.

Well, yeah, and I think that sometimes the thing on the screen tries to tell you four-seam or two-seam or split or whatever the case may be.

And the two-seam tends to be slightly lower than the four-seam, and maybe they mix that up sometimes when they're getting the pitch call in there.

I don't think that the, I think more he'll tell you it's more location and, and, you know, he's probably graduating to be that pitcher where I'm going to save that extra little bit of juice when I need it or, and use it in certain spots, but everything's really hard.

And I think we're, you know, we're threading the needle pretty tight when it's between 97, 98 and 99.

But as long as he's in that area code, most of the time, I think he's probably feeling pretty good.

Well, I'll say this.

He benefited from all the Cruz talk because nobody was really paying attention to what Marcelo Zuna was doing.

And then you look down and he's off to a slow start.

I think these guys are professionals.

These guys have played eight, nine, ten years and been successful year after year after year to some extent, sometimes more successful, sometimes less successful.