No Skenes? No problem!
Kind of bummed out that the game was rained out yesterday. It was the Phillies putting their (mostly) Opening Day lineup out on the field against Paul Skenes and the Pirates. I would argue that Skenes is the second or third best pitcher in the game right now, behind Zack Wheeler and maybe Tarik Skubal, so even the chance at seeing him, even if only a few innings, was pretty enticing. Alas, it was not to be and we’re left to see if his rotation spot comes up when the teams play in the regular season.
On to the links.
Phillies news:
- I mean, after that home run in Sunday’s game, you kind of knew that Gabriel Rincones was going to be a popular topic ($).
- Lots of news and notes in here, especially some about Rafael Marchan and what looks like a last chance ($).
MLB news:
- Keith Law writes about 25 prospects around the game who will have the biggest impact in 2025 ($).
- Cleveland’s former majority owner, Larry Dolan, passed away yesterday at the age of 94.
- Sean Manaea joins Frankie Montas as the latest Mets starting pitcher that will likely miss Opening Day with an injury.