How Paul Skenes Took Over Baseball Out Of Nowhere

Paul Skenes has quickly become one of the most exciting pitchers in baseball, and with the ability to consistently throw 100+ mph, it’s easy to see why. However, his journey to stardom was not as easy as it may seem, and fans are worried that arm injuries are inevitable.
This is the story of Paul Skenes.
Clips used at 0:53: ‪@TheIrishTRex‬ :)
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[@donaldsexton1305]

From AAA to the All Star game in just 2 months. Pretty impressive.

[@jamiedolan3173]

As a lifelong diehard Pirates fan. I just love this. I know we won’t be able to keep him throughout his whole career. So I will enjoy this ride while it lasts. Everytime he takes the mound, it’s an event. Truly a special player.

[@fredfenner199]

I did a shot every time this dude said "however". I'm hammered.

[@UndercoverNormie]

@@DavidGravesExists buut... 😆

[@matthewmoss7601]

RIP

[@lochnessmonster5149]

Skenes didn't start throwing 100+ until he went to LSU. The pitching coach put him on an MLB training program and worked his mechanics and then suddenly he was throwing 102-103. He can throw faster but chooses not to.

[@paysonfox88]

The poster boy for "damn, he sure got here fast!" was Dave Steib of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1978. That guy pitched like 3 games in college as an emergency replacement for starters getting lit up. He was an 400 hitting outfielder with power, who just so happened to possess a cannon arm. A Jays scout offered him a minor league contract after watching him pitch only once, as an emergency pitcher just trying to get the ball over the plate. In less than 130 innings in the minor leagues, he was called up to the major leagues. He threw over 2000 innings in his first 10 seasons. This dude was amazing. Sometimes you find a guy like Paul Skenes, that's just that good.

[@richiecook2305]

He is must see TV. Even when he looks off he manages to post quality starts. This is bigger than Strasburg mania was and I’m all for it!!

[@mrbob8618]

He reminds me of mark the bird fidrych. you know that I know what I even sat down with your grandmother and she knows it

[@MrSefiroh]

Dude went 1st overall in the draft. I'd hardly consider that "out of nowhere." Here is a true example of "out of nowhere." Seth Lugo this year.

[@lightingbolt8148]

Facts

[@UndercoverNormie]

Skenes has been a meme lord since before he even entered the draft. Even his "splinker" sounds like a meme 😆

[@br5145-v3m]

This

[@averagebaseball]

Yeah, honestly I was trying to say that he took over the entire baseball *scene* out of nowhere, not just MLB. So including when he became popular at LSU and got drafted #1 overall. I understand that it was maybe poor wording though

[@MrSefiroh]

@averagebaseball he is the talk of the league so you're definitely right about that.

[@TheeCommentGod]

This is my second video. I’m a subscriber now. You’re gunna blow up soon. Happy to be here before that happens.

[@YuriTarded-hf1nv]

I love it that this was kept to baseball and didn’t involve his love life

[@UndercoverNormie]

And thank God for that. I'm so sick of seeing and hearing about her.

[@fetch_happens]

It's been two months...and he was the #1 pick.

[@TheIrishTRex]

Really great video. Happy to help too @ 0:53. 😉 Thought those kids looked familiar. All good. Keep up the good work. ✌

[@averagebaseball]

thank you! I just added you to the description for credit, your vid was really well done! It fit perfect for that part haha

[@Volunteer.27]

His coach at Air Force deserves huge props. "You will serve your narion eventually" is such a good point. Even if he flames out of the MLB due to injury, he has a career immediately after baseball.

[@danieldunlap4077]

Hearing he was born in 2002 hurt my soul. I turned 23 that year.

[@Beefytiing]

womp womp

[@drexelspivey872]

Dude I had no idea he was the best pitcher, catcher and hitter at Air Force - that’s fucking remarkable

[@Chris-lh7wj]

That LSU team was stacked, they also had 2nd overall pick Dylan crews, no wonder they won a natty.

[@AJSeis]

Don’t forget Tommy “Tanks” White. He’s up next

[@curtvona4891]

Pirate fan here. Hopefully they will get some offence to back their quality starters. Great vid. Thanks

[@Micah-Bell-1860]

Pirates fan let’s goooooo

[@rozzelli6924]

we deserve it skenes made the bucs fun watching again

[@curtvona4891]

@@rozzelli6924 Yep! He pitched another great game last evening.

[@LordHighFixxer]

Got some last night 14-2 vs Mets. Was an unreal game to attend in Home Plate Club.

[@curtvona4891]

@@LordHighFixxer Cool!

[@ploppied587]

Who thinks Paul Skenes is Spencer Striders secret twin

[@IllusiveToast]

Definitely

[@Micah-Bell-1860]

They both have the greatest mustaches in the sport

[@tftquavo4348]

I’m a braves fan we played against him yesterday I swore strider changed jerseys

[@mack72711]

Yea the twin that's not near as good 😂. I love Strider's game but he can't even hold Skenes jockstrap. Specifically Strider's off speed pitches are a lot less lethal than Skenes. Strider gets hit hard waaaay more often.

[@TheDashDad]

Skenes is better.

[@Vincentovich89]

Dude would give Gerritt Cole or Corbin Burnes the fight of their lives on a cold October night. I could see Skenes being the cold-blooded type.

[@jackkaczmarski]

JARED JONES came out of nowhere. Skenes was #1 and the talk of the season even in AA.

[@ericbaker8807]

I wouldnt really say it was "out of nowhere." The guy was drafted #1 for a reason. He was a beast while at LSU. In the first minute of the video they talk about how he's the best prospect they've ever seen. It's pretty expected that he's gonna excel. To your point, maybe not to this degree quite yet... But still, he didn't really come out of nowhere.

[@markstevens2888]

Out of Nowhere? No. Dude's been solid for a long time.

[@NebMunb]

"Wait, I might have to go to war?" >Transfers immediately

[@ibperson7765]

7:14 best part

[@Guywithnolimbs]

Someone actually got a homer off of him in AAA, massive acomplishment

[@ivansalazar5448]

Geaux! Mr. Flame thrower!

[@Vespa1500-w3s]

finally, i love watching vids about skenes, he's an anomaly

[@BurnNotice2023]

I thought at LSU he was more over the top like Verlander and Nolan Ryan. He needs to get back to that or he's not going to last. Save the splinker for when you really need it. You got 5 pitches you can control, work on that, and make going over top your primary. He's big and powerful, too many pitches in this video are going to blow his arm out, much like Strider.

[@granthoude9172]

Great video

[@bentoomet8805]

Skenes throws with mostly his legs and core. It’s why he can throw so hard, but also why his arm might hold up. Will he 100% need Tommy John surgery at some point? Yes. But the surgery is world class now, it usually doesn’t have an impact on pitching velocity after a year.

[@vinylfantasy6722]

This dude says "However" more than a shonen anime

[@idigmetal9516]

New drinking game: take a shot everytime this guy says "however".

[@michaelmiraflor]

Take a shot every time you hear “however” in this video ☠️

[@JohnParker-l2p]

Like all good pitchers, everyone forgets, good hitters adjusts to all the different pitches thrown to them who eventually hit it for a base hit. No new pitch that comes out by a pitcher lasts forever, when hitters adjust to the new pitches...

[@Oakley-e1z]

I hope 🤞 he doesn’t get hurt from his velo and 3/4 arm slot

[@robertolopez6570]

Oh, can we add that Paul Skenes dealt Elly DeLaCruz his first pickoff at first base just two weeks ago!!! How 'bout them Buccos!!!

[@AD-HVAC]

My guy I started baseball at 5 years old💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

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[@Kxji]

Imagine if they developed this guy as a 2 way player like Shohei.

[@peterfreeman3317]

120 pitches is 3 of 4 games…Nolan Ryan hold my beer. Anyone thinking a starter going 5 innings as a quality start is just sad. A work horse stud #1 pitcher should be going 7, at minimum. This kid is electric!

[@sonsofliberty3081]

People do not realize. They were working on mechanics and he had game situation bull pen sessions durring this. It's not uncommon to be put on 35 pitch counts because of the frequency of his sessions. Pit even went into a 6 man rotation to get him more recovery time. They habe another young guy that should get more attention thanbhe does named jones. If they add another OF bat and bull pen arm, they're going to make noise in the playoffs. They were dealing with injuries and are getting healthy. They already made significant ground in the division. I believe they were 12 games out and now only 6. They're only 1.5 out in the wild card.

[@RhinoAg]

nobody worried about Nolan Ryan...the human body can do this just fine. If you're at that level.

[@brucehartnell1475]

Sid finch lives

[@Owl-of-Minerva]

Crossroads 🤝👹

[@Precision_hits]

He’s him

[@Wespa1877]

As a pirate, this is gives us a lot of hope

[@madxD144]

In Stash I Trust

[@jsk3005]

The video says arm injuries are more prevalent than ever. That would mean with the rise of limiting everyone’s pitches from the time they are in little league all the way through to the mlb, isn’t working.

[@silasyoho8461]

1:38 Wow. Only.

[@Pickens_Prodz-014]

I was at skenes debut

[@goldcrayon21]

He didn't come out of nowhere. Dude dominated college baseball an entire year

[@averagebaseball]

Yeah it seems that the title hasn't been interpreted the way I had thought haha. I was trying to say that he took over the entire baseball scene out of nowhere, not just MLB. So including when he became popular at LSU and got drafted #1 overall

[@adrianboom6879]

out of nowhere? I've been hearing about him all year

[@averagebaseball]

The title was meant to include when he became popular at LSU and got drafted #1 overall, not just after he got to MLB. I can see how it could be interpreted that way though

[@cardinals22]

howeeevveerrrrr

[@dew4913]

"out of nowhere" he has been the most hyped prospect since bryce harper, and was the consensus best pitching prospect of all time. Everyone saw this coming

[@lindsayraines1060]

Those last 4 games got him a national championship and made him the #1 overall pick. He doesn’t labor when he throws. It’s too bad we all obsess over pitchers throwing too much because we are worried something may happen. Not everyone blows out. Could he yeah but that doesn’t mean he will.

[@ColtHagans]

I’m being honest. I feel like he would’ve had injury problems already. He’s throwing 100 effortlessly.

[@3-0Greenlight]

Pirates rotation looking scary...

[@davidjones5547]

It won't last.

[@adamfalls-kz3iz]

The biggest deal since Roger Clemens came into fame....I like Strider a lot but Skenes is beyond Strider's skill level.

[@VWorldWide]

So how can you just leave the airforce? I'm confused

[@averagebaseball]

You can leave in your first two years, after that you’re locked in I’m pretty sure

[@toogud7918]

He didn’t commission, nor did he enlist. The service academies are training you to be an officer. Most likely he didn’t contract yet so his baseball dream could be kept alive. I’m not sure exactly what the rules are because I’m in rotc at a state school which is a little different than a service academy.

[@peterfreeman3317]

He reminds me of Dwight Gooden…a phenom. Hope the Pirates don’t screw him up!

[@TheTradosaurus]

High school has a 110 pitch count limit. Why doesn’t college?

[@nickfury8973]

So he is American Sasaki?

[@duewhit310]

Let him finish a no-hitter In 7 inn, he Ks 11 and walks ONE guy. Analytics says a guy that is getting guys out like that continues to do so. His arm wont fall off.

[@eddie955]

Sadly enough he will be washed and on his way to his first Tommy John by next year. They don't make work horses with rubber arms no more.

[@Nobody-xe9fc]

But the problem is he's just one pitcher. The Pirates need three more of him to be a competitive team.

[@JustinB-rl6vz]

It’s also he’s dating Livy Dunne which brings him into more mainstream

[@Bluemusic66]

He hasn’t ’Broken’ baseball. How did he break it? These cliched clickbait titles are embarrassing

[@itissoldier7837]

Skenes taking over baseball is not out of nowhere.

[@gpc31]

I wish Skenes nothing but success and hope he becomes a HOFer. But: Mark Prior.

[@jensenjacobson6534]

Ha! He “ONLY” grew another 5 inches to be 6’6” hilarious

[@Gloria-ou9qn]

It's Roger Clemens long lost son! Lol

[@Manstrual]

It's funny seeing my aunt in the booth with Livvy Dunne

[@Jake_The_Snek36]

Go look at Nolan Ryans numbers. You would say Skenes is putting up rookie numbers.

[@toogud7918]

Nolan Ryan had a lifetime 2.97 fip and a career high of 11.5 so/9 Skenes this year has a fip of 2.78 with 11.8 so/9 Nolan Ryan is overated: Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Clemens, Walter Payton and Kershaw are the true pillars pitchers should be compared too

[@shaned6879]

Right-handed Randy Johnson

[@DexterHaven]

He's the Caitlin Clark of MLB.

[@MrSefiroh]

Comparing an elite male athlete to a female one is kind of odd.

[@listey]

People were interested in MLB before Skenes made his debut.

[@DexterHaven]

@@MrSefiroh That's because you missed the point of analogy and focused on an irrelevant difference and look like a sexist now. The WNBA like MLB each have a rookie sensation who is fascinating the fans and boosting ratings. The comparison is simple. You must be dense.

[@MrSefiroh]

@@DexterHaven the fact you talk about the wnba likes it credible. 😂. Oh no, calling me sexist is going to ruin my day. Please stop.

[@DexterHaven]

@@MrSefiroh That makes no sense logically. The WNBA is fit for analogy, silly. Plus, the issue isn't me calling you 'sexist'; it's you demonstrating it with a focus on gender in a derogatory way when it wasn't even relevant to the analogy. You can't think clearly yet again.

[@ChristFirst-J14.6]

Out of Nowhere? Did you not watch him at LSU?

[@averagebaseball]

Yeah it seems that the title hasn't been interpreted the way I had thought haha. I was trying to say that he took over the entire baseball *scene* out of nowhere, not just MLB. So including when he became popular at LSU and got drafted #1 overall

[@advgym]

Tall Spencer Strider.

[@CanadaMMA]

Looking at Paul Skenes, I worry. The dude is utterly dominate on the mound at times, but the human elbow isn't designed to take that kind of repeated stress, over and over again, over a course of years. Maybe we will get lucky though, and he'll have both the velocity of Nolan Ryan, as well as his tendon strength. The game would defenitly be better for it.

[@rustbeltwilds837]

He looks like a pitcher from the 1920s. Glad the pirates got him

[@JorgeFeliz-v4l]

Let’s see how good he is once batters figure him out another overhyped prospect

[@supakuwa]

Livvy Dunne.

[@luvslogistics1725]

It’s that blonde girl, let’s just say she gave him some real good…magic

[@DodgerFam]

Nah Paul’s brother is Mario and Strider’s is Luigi

[@undercover2379]

you sound just like him

[@JasondenHollander-qj5hp]

It I utter bullshit that pitchers don’t/can’t bat; babe Ruth/shohei anyone? A pitcher has a huge advantage psychologically as a batter as they know how the opponent pitcher is thinking. I was a pitcher for almost 20 years and never won an mvp but won 5 batting average awards

[@matthewsecord7641]

I am seriously struggling? With the accent on this? Like, I'm not like sure where the letter t disappears?

[@Rjr06g88]

I love the filler narration on some of these videos… Started his baseball career “at just seven years old” Sooo… just like every single American male? Impressive

[@chasekemp6915]

Thank you for not making this video about his girlfriend lol. Yes she’s beautiful and yes she very talented, but good god almighty I’m sick of hearing about her! Great video man!

[@averagebaseball]

I try to stick to just baseball haha. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kennedy6971]

When you throw that hard it allows for a person to develope some unsavory shortcuts in form and delivery. Show me a pitcher who says he doesn't want a 102mph fastball and I will show you a liar

[@ticnatz]

Tommy John......

[@snowman9642]

I hope pirates don’t waste him by trying to protect his arm. They’re gonna have 4-good years with him til they have to trade him due to cheapness.

[@shot_out_n_tired]

Something tells me he won’t be here for the full 4 yrs. The Pirates are notorious for selling talent for profit.

[@toogud7918]

You have 6 years of arbitration, there’s no way they trade him before that

[@davidjones5547]

The Pirates will have him for only 3 years, not 4

[@davidjones5547]

@@toogud7918 Arbitration starts with the 3rd season. With the way Skenes is pitching, the Pirates will not be able to afford him when he starts his arbitration years. If I were Skenes I would not sign a contract with the Pirates to keep him through his arbitration years.

[@toogud7918]

@@davidjones5547 the highest arb ever was Juan Soto at 31 million and ohtani at 30 million. Skenws would prob get around that. Pirates are not a total poverty franchise and are paying Chapman 10 mill so why not pay skenes 30 mill.

[@commiehunter733]

I need his rookie card

[@aqn1976]

The Pittsburgh Pitching machine produces another phenom who will sadly become a Yankee in 5 years lolzzz

[@no-rj5sn]

Who was the old man who Livvy dunne left the white party with? Tobey is in the picture with a girl 30 years younger than Tobey. Livvy looked like the old man bought her.

[@benbecker6974]

We should start a go fund me. But no have you seen the training.

[@lightingbolt8148]

First no he hasn’t, second since when is number 1 pick out of nowhere?

[@shaneflournoy-bv4tu]

He’s good. But Nolan Ryan was the man. 7 no nos. Cmon dude. When skenes gets at least 1 then maybe …

[@corvaliis]

so why is exactly is some guy who throws 100mph, like 99% of mllb pitchers these days, so great? I don't get it other than MLB trying to pathetically hype up a guy for no reason

[@charliekim4225]

Kerry Wood 2.0

[@zzzzzzzzzzninja]

I love the video but you gotta find other words other than however. It's kinda distracting TT

[@averagebaseball]

Thank you! I'll definitely try to work on that

[@JawaPenguin16]

Its just really hard to get excited for pitchers careers when their injuries keep them out for months/years.

[@averagebaseball]

agreed, hopefully he can stay healthy for some time though

[@Brendan-gv3vd]

When I look at his mechanics, it looks like he really uses all of his body to distribute the workload, should he’ll keep him healthy throughout his career

[@shadowlazers]

And he didn't start pitching until a few years ago

[@JawaPenguin16]

@@shadowlazers They said similar about DeGrom :(