re: Everybody talking about the decision to start Skenes. Can we talk about epic he was?

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The one kid got lucky and barreled up a fastball that happened to fly over the wall

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Nothing lucky about that. You are selling him short. The kid got ahead and sat on a fastball. It was a poorly located pitch, and the batter clobbered it.

Skenes was great, but far from perfect. In fact, he probably should have given up another run or two, but some great defensive plays and hard hit balls right at defenders gave us some outs.

I do think Skenes helped his draft stock even more by going 124 and still throwing 100 mph.