re: Paul Skenes

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Hard to say. Nolan Ryan lasted a long time.

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look I like skenes but let be honest here for a sec. Pitchers that throw hard in today's day and age dont really have long careers and usually get their second tommy john surgery by their 5 year.

Strausberg was supposed the be a phenom as well and crapped out after 12 years. Strider had tommy John in 19 and and a recent elbow surgery. And the best pitcher in baseball (degrom) cant stay healthy.

The days of guys that throw 100 mph+ fastballs and end up having Nolan Ryan type career are gone. For that matter, probably wont see anymore 300 game winners for a while

Skenes will probably be done in like 6-9 years with right around 90 career wins.