Jake Grosse

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@Richard81751384 @SNParker_ Although, I guess to be fair if you look at Paul Skenes’ bWAR he’s literally been 6 wins worse than last year so far.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@Richard81751384 @SNParker_ The rest of the pitching collectively is far more guilty for the situation we’re in than any one guy, even if it’s Skenes. He’s an easy scapegoat because he set such a high bar for himself.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@Richard81751384 @SNParker_ Ehh BP ERA is a little better but they’re right in line. The BP has only been good for a few weeks. I guess I’m not convinced that Skenes having an ERA in line with last 2 years is giving us 6 more wins this year. Look at the game logs, 3-4 obvious games he cost us.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@Richard81751384 @SNParker_ Yeah if I knew the offense produced the way it has it wouldn’t be crazy to think we could overcome a 4.00 ERA from Paul. And we should have, except we have a TEAM ERA in the bottom 3rd of the league and we’ve blown 20 saves! 20!!! That’s a 55.6% success rate. That’s our killer.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@Richard81751384 @SNParker_ What does that even mean?
Skenes is having a down year for sure (relative to his first two) but he’s pretty low on the list of reasons we have the W-L we have. Truth is though, nobody really knows why, a lot of theories are more plausible(injury, mechanics, weight, WBC etc.)

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@SteelCity2122 @KodyDuncanPGH I don’t disagree but I’m pretty convinced his demise is injury related. Velo down all year, just got yanked at 65 pitches? I have a bad feeling the Skenes Tommy John announcement is coming.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@ImKingGinger Demon just wanted to go viral. I wonder how the demons choose who to possess before social media? Prob just randos.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@MarkMaddenX Keep the same energy when Skenes goes back to being Skenes. Which is inevitable.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@IronCity999 @AustinRBechtold For sure just a marginal upgrade. He does still get a lot of K’s and the ol’ veteran presence might be worth something?

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@nickythegood Oh for sure, just adding capital to your prospect pool for 1.5 years of a RP is a positive.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@itzyoboy11 @MarkMaddenX I’m sorry your brain isn’t capable of comprehending semi-advanced metrics (they list descriptions of them)

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@itzyoboy11 @MarkMaddenX This is the exact stupid rhetoric that makes discussing baseball on social media impossible. “Horrible”? No, he has not been horrible. Not even kind of.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@brianemark This is the same rhetoric we heard with G. Cole years ago. You ppl seriously don’t know ball

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@Pookiesmyth @elonmusk @Polymarket You pay for a checkmark cuz

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@DennisYu4life @MarkMaddenX lol going after LD is one of the more little dicked things I’ve seen on here

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@BillLeeds @MarkMaddenX Facts don’t care about double ems feelings

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@Scoops1616 @MarkMaddenX I mean he set the bar for himself astronomically high. Tough to 3-peat sub 2.00 ERA seasons. He’s obviously not the guy he’s been but still very effective. The velo dip is confusing and concerning, I can’t think of many examples of this sort of thing w/o injury being involved.

[Jake Grosse @jakeg000]

@KodyDuncanPGH Had some success with the Yanks a few years ago. “Stuff” looks ok. Upgrade over Santana I guess but that wasn’t hard to do. Not moving the needle much or at all though. But whatever, it’s fine.