He's Actually INSANE

You know, usually when someone is referred to as so-and-so's significant other, it's the guy's girlfriend or wife, oh that's so-and-so's girlfriend or whatever, without acknowledging her actual name. But every now and again you'll get the opposite, like Cole Tucker, who most probably know as high school musical star Vanessa Hudgens' boyfriend. Man, Zac Efron really lost it since this happened, and the most recent being Livi Dunn's boyfriend over in Pittsburgh, although at this point that's mostly a joke because Paul Skeens deserves to be acknowledged by just being called Paul Skeens, but whether it's deserved or not, it's happening. This guy is taking the baseball world by storm, and none of it is surprising. That doesn't mean we shouldn't appreciate it, obviously, but I think it's almost crazier how much he's truly living up to the hype. So if you're part of the 70% of viewers not subscribed yet, come aboard and join the wonderful people who are subscribed to the channel, as Paul Skeens is two types of rare, living up to the extreme hype that was put upon his shoulders and making it to the big leagues despite just being drafted, like yesterday. Bryce Harper is the best example of living up to basically unfair hype that was put upon him. This is someone who was deemed the LeBron James of baseball at 16 years old. It doesn't get any more ridiculous than that, but credit to Harper because he's lived up to the hype. He's on track to being a hall of famer, is electric and clutch in big moments, is becoming more likable by everyone as he ages, etc. Chris Sale is the guy who made it to the big leagues two months after he was drafted out of college. That's insane. Now Skeens didn't quite do that, but to make it in less than a year after winning a championship for your college team is still insanely impressive. Like Sale, Skeens is one of the rare cases of guys who had major league type stuff in college. I mean, there's no other way to be promoted to the highest level of talent in the world that quickly unless you basically already had stuff that rivals the best of the best. And so, after making the minor leagues look like a video game on easy mode, the Pirates called up Livydon's boyfriend and one of the more hyped up call-ups for a pitcher or player at all since Steven Strasberg. So, previously on Paul Skeens, the 6'6", 235 pounder with his glorious mustache would take the mound at home against the Cubs for his debut, only forgot to say f*** you and piss on everyone. Skeens still got his first 7 strikeouts, but also 6 hits, walked 2 and gave up 3 runs and 4 innings plus before being taken out. The silly goofy Pirates forgot that in baseball you have to throw strikes to get batters out, the game gets delayed, and that was that. Then came his next start, and that was the true beginning of Paul Skeens showing what he's fully capable of. He lined up against the Cubs again, and this time Mother Nature was busy somewhere else so nothing would interfere this time, and Skeens took this opportunity to strike out 11 Cubs and give up 0 hits in 6. Just unfair. Shoutout to the San Francisco Giants for real. I don't know how they did it or what was in their bats that day because they only struck out 3 times against Skeens when facing him. That's really about the only good thing they did because Skeens still was able to put up a really good quality start without the strikeout power that day. Another 6 innings, only 1 run, but he was back to his usual self in Detroit. He did give up a homer for the first time since his debut, but also struck out 9 in a solid 6 innings. Next up, the biggest challenge by far, the Dodgers. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and of course Shohei Otani all at the top. And yeah, it didn't disappoint. You literally had the hardest throwing pitcher in baseball facing the most talented player giving him his absolute best stuff, pumping heat to Shohei and just saying, let's see what you got. The greatest baseball player of all time vs. Libby Dunn's boyfriend. We're talking the greatest matchup in world history since Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago. And in the first at bat, Skeens struck out Otani on 3 straight fastballs all north of 100 miles an hour. Round 2, swing and a miss on 100. Two changeups for balls, back to 100 for yet another swing and a miss, misses inside with another 100, and with the count now full, goes back with 100. Otani hasn't hit any yet, so why not go back there? Well, that's why. Otani's only gonna look foolish for so long, connecting for a bomb to straightaway center. And then round 3, Otani took another heater from Skeens and hammered it into right for a base hit. Skeens did rack up some more K's, but the Dodgers made it tough for him, only going 5 innings, but back to his dominant ways in St. Louis, 8 more K's, no runs, before getting Cardinals fans to give him a standing ovation when his outing was over. Cardinals fans cheering on a Pirates player? You might as well have Kamala Harris endorse Donald Trump for president. This is the impact Paul Skeens has. Going back home to face Cincinnati for the first time, and that went well, too. Another 7 K's, he gets the win to go 4-0 on the year. And that brings us to the next two starts, which were very weird. On the surface, if you just look at how these starts went, it's normal, but what's weird is Skeens' sudden desire to give up a home run to the literal first batter of the game, but I guess it all works out when nobody does a single thing the rest of the game. Yandy Diaz on the first pitch, before fans even knew where their seats were. Hits went out to right, but 7 innings later, and you have what was expected. 8 strikeouts, that one run being the only one given up, and after the last strikeout, it was pretty perfect. It was almost like Skeens heard what the Pirates broadcaster said and reacted accordingly. Next up, Braves. Again, that interesting strategy kicked in, giving up a rocket into the chop house by Jared Kelnick, but a strategy that, again, worked, at least for Skeens it did. So Libby Dunn's boyfriend may be onto something here, going on a strikeout, 9 Braves hitters, that one home run being the only run given up, although the Pirates did go on to lose Skeens right now is averaging about 12 strikeouts per 9 innings. If you just woke up and left your hole in the ground yesterday, that's very good. The other impressive thing is that he really doesn't walk that many people, not nearly as much as you would think for someone who was just such a great power guy. He's also able to control his pitches so well, it's incredible. He's gonna be prone to giving up some home runs here and there, just like any pitcher would in the world, even power pitchers, just considering how hard their stuff is coming in. All some hitters have to do is just make contact and it can leave. But that of course doesn't mean it's easy, it's just about as easy as rationalizing the average kick streamer's behavior, borderline impossible. And not only is Skeens amazing with arguably the best stuff in baseball, but he's also so mature for someone who's so new. Usually it takes a while for rookies of any kind to adjust, but here's Paul Skeens realizing that this strategy of giving up a bomb to the first hitter works for him individually, but not for the Pirates as a team. So, like a 10-year veteran would do, he says, I'm gonna give up a home run to the first hitter of the 3rd inning this time. Guy's a genius. It was a home run to Jeff McNeil, so he basically gave up to a home run to some random fan in the stands who barely even knows how to hold a bat, but that's baseball, sometimes your grandma can take the best of the best deep and random moments, but that was it. As not only does Skeens go on to have a great start per usual, 8 more strikeouts in 7 innings, only 2 runs against the Mets, but this also gave the Pirates hitters superpowers. Scoring 14 runs all via home runs, connecting for 7 on the day. Magical stuff for Paul Skeens to do that. Very nice of him. In terms of pure electricity stuff and theatrics, Paul Skeens starting in the All-Star game for the National League would be so ideal, but regardless, this guy is absolutely absurd and is living up to every single piece of his hype so far. He genuinely makes baseball look easy. It's not fair. Let me know your thoughts, thank you for watching, and I'll see you soon.