“It would be no surprise to see Skenes — the best pitching prospect in a generation — parlay his productivity, age, and marketability into becoming baseball’s first half-billion-dollar pitcher.” Back in May, MLB insider Jeff Passan predicted Skenes’ skyrocketing worth. But the big question is whether Pirates owner Bob Nutting would actually pay that much to keep him! If not, would he at least invest in an offense to support Skenes!

According to Cody Duncan, “All it would take is an extra $25 million to build this offense while Skenes is here. Mind-boggling that he won’t do it.” The result? The Pirates are finishing this season at the bottom of the NL Central, and unsurprisingly, the blame falls on Nutting.

Now, while this season’s performance wasn’t the hot topic, everyone was buzzing

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