Paul Skenes Takes the Mound on Tuesday to Face the Brewers

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00:00This is Paul Skeens, best pitcher on the card.

00:01Did you know, Joe, his last 45 days, 42 innings pitched,

00:05a 2.14 ERA and a 2.74 XFIP number.

00:08You got your work cut out for you tonight, Brewers.

00:10Is it enough to push them to another victory?

00:14Well, it could very well because at some point we all know

00:18that Pittsburgh bullpen is going to have to get involved.

00:20But instead, I am willing to bet that Skeens outduels

00:24Freddy Peralta in the first five.

00:28And I'd be willing to back Pittsburgh and lay a small number,

00:32what, minus 115, maybe somewhere in that ballpark there.

00:35And I think that Pittsburgh has a better shot.

00:39And by the way, Pittsburgh, since the All-Star break,

00:41has hit much, much better than people realize.

00:45Wasn't a great night last night, but this is a team that can now

00:49all of a sudden hit the long ball.

00:51And Freddy Peralta has struggled a little bit.

00:53He's solid, but he's not Paul Skeens.

00:56He's not shut down.

00:57So I think Pittsburgh has a pretty good opportunity

01:00to have the lead heading into the second half of this game,

01:04the sixth inning, because I don't trust the bullpen of Pittsburgh

01:07at all once they get involved.

01:09But I do think they can have the lead early on in this one

01:12heading into the sixth.

01:13And I think it's a good idea.

01:18So let's go ahead.

01:20But again, it's a great idea.