3-27 Pomp and Joe Hour 2
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What are the Yankees offering for Paul Skeens?
All right, another story by John Heyman. This one detailing what the Yankees were offering for Paul Skeens and saying they're bound to come back and try again. And you know they will be. And I hate to get into this today because it's going to seem like it's linked to his start from yesterday, which it obviously is not. It's simply linked to the fact that Heyman wrote it. Yankees made a push for Skeens. And are likely to try again. They offered four top prospects. That's not close to whatever it would be, even in a theoretical world, to get Skeens. But at some point soon, like real soon, this becomes a topic. They traded Garrett Cole with two years left on his deal. Skeens has three. Starting next year, it'll be three years of arbitration, and then he becomes an unrestricted free agent.
So if they were ever to trade him at the same time they did Garrett Cole, it would be after this season. So, you know, I heard it last year when all the people wanted to say how ridiculous it was to even bring that topic up. Is it? If you look at pirate history, is it that ridiculous? And what in a theoretical world would you get for Paul Skeens? Did you hear that, Charlie? Loud and clear. It was the pirates falling apart. What was that? It was a panel coming off of this... Well, panel board. It fell. Are you okay? I'm okay. I'm fine. Yeah. A little bit traumatized by the incident, but I'm okay. As long as it's not like a roof tile that falls. Yeah, that would be bad if that had fallen above my head. This is going to be a persistent topic.
And whether anybody out there thinks so or not, a legitimate topic. When the last time that you had a great pitcher, you traded him with two years left on his deal. Before he could become an unrestricted free agent, then obviously it's going to be a topic when this guy has three years left after this year. If not now, then certainly after this season. It is. In the meantime, he has a problem and the Pirates have a problem. And his name is O'Neal Cruz. He can't play center field. And he can't hit, but that's sort of beside the point right now. 412-928-9370. Or maybe that is part of the point now that I think about it. Let's hit the phone lines, Nelly.
Let's go to our friend Anthony in Oakland. What's up, Anthony?
Joe, I've been watching baseball for more than 60 years. And what I've noticed about Cruz, ever since they removed him from shortstop, is his body language. He's not happy with it. And he plays like that. I watched him in that, you know, he had all the round-the-world players, the team world stuff. He was around all those Latin players. His body language and his attitude was completely different than now when he came back to the Pirates.
I think he was deeply hurt by that. I honestly do think he was hurt by that. And here's the real kicker. He was a bad shortstop, but infinitely better at that position than he is in center field.
Yeah, and they embarrassed him in his eyes. And that's the worst thing you do to a Latin player is embarrass him. So my issue is this, and Joe, you know baseball. The center fielder and the shortstop are the quarterbacks of the defense. So you can't have a poor center fielder when you'd already have adequate guys on each side of him. You know, look at the history here. In 86, they had Barry Bonds. He played center his first year. They saw he didn't have all the fundamentals for that. So the next year, they got Andy Van Slyke, who had all of that. Omar Marino prior to them. You've got to have someone who can play the field.
I'd be really interested. Go ahead. I'm sorry.
They're wasting the pitching. If you can't field, then your pitching is worthless.
Well, that did come up yesterday, yes. And, I mean, again, like I said going into the game, I'd be a hypocrite right now if I said let's at least not wait and see how this turns out because I think offense is more important than defense. But some people don't, especially when you allegedly have good pitching. They have clearly sacrificed defense to bring in bats, and I'm okay with that. Well, I'll admit it reared its ugly head yesterday.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What are the Yankees offering for Paul Skeens?
0:00–6:41
2
Why is O'Neal Cruz's position change controversial?
6:41–8:01
3
How has O'Neal Cruz's performance impacted the Pirates?
8:01–16:27
4
What are the implications of trading a top pitcher like Skeens?
16:27–20:04
5
How does player development affect the Pirates' success?
20:04–22:37
6
What are the concerns about Cruz's defensive abilities?
22:37–26:27
7
How do fans perceive the team’s loyalty to players like Cruz?
26:27–28:22
Speakers
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