WEBVTT - Pirates offense slumps, Time for a trade 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:10.719 What's up, everybody? 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.440 Welcome back to another episode of Bucco Territory, presented to 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:16.080 you by the Foul Territory Network. I'm Noah Hiles, joining 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:19.000 me as always on my coast Josh Harrison and Platinum, 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:23.280 Kyak and Mark. It is Friday, July thirty. First, the 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:27.960 trade deadline is approaching. The Pirates are in the midst. 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:28.400 Of a tough week. 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:32.240 We don't know what happened Thursday evening in Cincinnati because 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:33.800 we're recording this Thursday afternoon. 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.680 So the latest tist on our mouths. 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.000 As far as Pirates Baseball is concerned, is them finishing 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:41.320 off a home stand, their biggest home stand of the season, 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.240 where they went two and four, lost a pair of 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:46.280 series in a row to the Cubs and the Diamondbacks, 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:47.040 two teams ahead of. 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:48.320 Them in the wildcard standings. 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.360 A big reason for those losses wasn't on the pitchings 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.600 end this time, it was the offense. The offense failed 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:58.920 to get going despite having an overall pretty good week 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:02.160 of starting pitching support them. So we're gonna talk about 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.240 the offense and you know how they got to get going. 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.160 Paul Skens is on the mound Friday when this show 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:09.800 comes out, he will look to bounce back from his 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:16.120 only really underwhelming start since July. Arrive really or at 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.080 least the half part of July at the back half 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:20.120 part of July, and then we will round out this 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:23.600 week's show as always with Jay Hay now our weekly 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:24.640 Friday segment. 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.000 But guys, yeah, the Pirates again. 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:31.240 They could have easily scored ten runs Thursday night in Cincinnati, 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.039 and if they did, they'll make this segment look silly. 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:37.720 But overall, regardless of what happens Thursday night, I still 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.000 think that Homestand is going to be on the mines 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:42.120 of a lot of fans, a lot of people covering 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.600 this team, following this team, because the Pirates had a 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:47.960 really big opportunity to gain some ground on teams ahead 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:48.240 of them. 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.000 Instead, they fell further back. 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:52.160 And a lot of these games were winnable. You got 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.160 a good start from Mitch Keller, you got a good 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:58.360 start from Jared Jones. I mean every game they were 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:02.480 in it and they couldn't get going. They did not 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:06.640 have a really good showing offensively against any starting pitching 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.680 aside from Jamison tywn in that Homestand, and Jamis and 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:13.160 Tyrone got DFA the next day. So of the five 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.600 other starters that they saw who are still actively with 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.000 their club, those guys. 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:18.800 Shut the Pirates down. 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.880 And three of those pitchers were left handers, which we'll 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.120 talk about later in the show, but they weren't all 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.679 left handers, and some of those guys just haven't had 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:31.800 good seasons. So let's talk about it. The Pirates offense 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:34.520 had a really bad week mark I'll start with you. 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.280 Are you concerned or is that just kind of like 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:39.800 a frustrating thing where we've seen that in the past, 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:42.520 where I think back to the homestand against the Marlins 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.320 where they just didn't score a lot of runs that 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.160 one weekend and then they turned it around and came back. 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.000 Is that what we're seeing now or do you think 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.079 that maybe the offense is running out of gas a 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:52.520 little bit? 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.520 No, I think it's just a weird collective slump. In 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:59.600 the last seven days, there's only two Pirates players who 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:04.400 haven't ps over eight hundred, Brandon Low and Sean Ross, 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:07.440 who is no longer with the Pirates, So it's just 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:11.679 everyone across the board is slumping right now and it's 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.400 been frustrating. But I don't think I think we've seen 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.960 enough from this offense throughout this whole year. I'm not 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.720 gonna hit the panic button quite yet, but at the 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.520 same time, it's been frustrating to watch. It's been concerning. 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:28.320 It just feels like they can't get anything going and 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:32.119 that confidence that you have. Yeah, we saw like the comebacks, 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.320 but they just haven't been able to start early. It 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:38.440 feels like like a first inning run. I can't remember 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.040 the last time we've seen them score and play with 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:45.120 the lead, So they've just been constantly chasing, trying to 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:50.360 come back. Not a great way to hit, honestly, but 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:54.040 hitting is contagious. I'm hoping that, you know, maybe a 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:59.160 series against Cincinnati in Cincinnati smaller ballpark, maybe that's what 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.080 they need to wake up a little bit and pick 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.240 up right where they left off before this home stand. 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:09.240 What do you think, Josh, Yeah, obviously, you know you 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.040 look at this home stand and you saw a lot 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:15.320 of opportunity out there, missed opportunity. But given where this 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:18.000 offense has been, you know to this point of the season, I, 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.240 as you mentioned, Mark Dot, need to panic. It's just 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.039 one of those stretches. It's just an unfortunate time to 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:26.640 be going through the stretch. But more than anything, as 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:30.359 you mentioned, going to Cincinnati Division opponent, a smaller ballpark, 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.560 a team that you know hasn't necessarily played as well. 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:37.560 You know, these are teams that you want to go 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.359 into and not count anybody out. But this is where 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:42.440 you can, you know, go and try to get a 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:45.120 little bit of that confidence back, because you know, having 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.440 those opportunities that you miss, you know, obviously leaves a 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:49.440 sour taste in your mouth. But you know that's the 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.120 beautiful game about this game is you're gonna be presented 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:55.400 with that opportunity again, and you know, the Pirates are 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:58.400 right in the thick of it, and you know, obviously frustrating, 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.680 you know, from winning the first game against Arizona's been 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:04.000 dropping the next two. You know, with a team that 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:07.480 you're literally neck and neck with, you know, obviously, those 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:09.919 those are losses that are gonna stick with you, especially 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.800 at this point of the season. But you would hope 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.359 that these bats, you know, turn it around, because they've 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.680 been you know, top offense thus far throughout the season, 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:22.159 so no reason to you know, hit the panic button. 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.320 But at the same time, you know, winnable games, you know, 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.479 we we've had this saying enough winnable games. And you know, 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.760 for one, this wasn't on the bullpen, you know, or 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:31.599 the starting staff. 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.200 So you know that those kind of stick. 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.719 With you, you know, because like dang, all you can ask 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:38.960 for is your pitching staff to keep you in these games. 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.279 And when the pitching staff is doing their job, you know, 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:44.440 more than likely with an offense like this, you know 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.760 you you'd be looking pretty but you know, right now 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:49.839 things just aren't clicking as a whole. But hopefully the 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:53.359 Cincinnati series gets them back to you know, that swagger 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:55.880 that you know, that confidence of a right here we go, guys, 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:57.280 pitching has been doing what they're doing. 0:05:57.360 --> 0:05:58.560 Let's let's join them. 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.880 Yeah. I don't think there's a ton to worry about here, right, 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:05.440 I mean, this just happens. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:06.520 This happens. 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.720 It's gonna happen to teams for one to two weeks, 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.360 regardless of how good you are. It happens to the Dodgers, 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.359 it happens to the Yankees. It just happens, and I 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:18.520 mean it. It is tough though when you're seeing it 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:20.920 happen in such important games, like the timing of it 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:21.560 was poor. 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:22.680 But on the flip side. 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.880 Their offense was clicking on all cylinders right before the 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.520 All Star break, and those were some very important games too. 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.080 When they had that six game homestand against the Braves 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.960 in the Brewers, they were scoring runs, they were getting 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:38.360 the job done. So you know, it comes and it goes, 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:39.960 and that's just how it is. And for the most 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.400 part it's been fine. I think my only concern. 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.159 About it would be two things. 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:49.279 One, I mean, as Merlin Valdes is the league is 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.960 adjusting to him. I'm not sitting here saying that anyone 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.080 should be panicking. I mean, he had another home run 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:58.240 on Sunday, which was you know, earlier this week, so 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:02.719 but it's just something where it's he's not gonna bat 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:05.360 three point fifty and hit thirty home runs this year 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.120 probably and that is okay. 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.560 He is a rookie. He shouldn't be expected to do that. 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.800 But that was the firepower that had their offense at 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.680 that next level while they were without Spencer Horwitz and 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.960 O'Neal Cruz. The good news is those guys are gonna 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:21.480 be back soon, probably within the next couple of weeks, 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.960 both of them, and if they can pick it up 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:24.960 where they left off. 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:28.360 They're gonna be okay if guys like I mean. 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:31.240 Brandon Law was struggling entering this week and then he's 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:33.320 had a really good week. Ryan Reynolds had a big 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.320 home run in this last Arizona series. If he can 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:38.720 get going in the second half, that will be massive 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:40.640 for them. They have too many guys for I think 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:43.800 this thing to fail collectively. My only concern would just 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:49.400 be how much of that failure was just not hitting 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:54.160 the ball where they weren't, versus how much of that 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.560 failure was getting out game planned, versus how much of 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.040 that was them getting in their own way? 0:07:59.400 --> 0:07:59.600 Right? 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.840 Those were big games, and did they maybe maybe put 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.320 too much pressure on themselves. I can't answer that. No 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.640 one can except for that only Yeah. 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:14.200 I was gonna say only they can, but yeah, sometimes can't, right, Yeah, 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:15.080 you know, yeah, like. 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.920 They might be able to answer that way down the road. 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:20.360 But Josh, you know when you were playing in twenty 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:24.280 eighteen or the moment, Yeah, you're in the moment, You're like, 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.440 what do you mean? Yeah, every game matters to me. 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.720 You know, that's not how you're thinking. But then I think, yeah, 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.000 as the season goes on, you can maybe look back 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:33.800 and be like, yeah, I think we were pressing a 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.920 little too much, and I'm not saying that that is 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:38.880 the case, right right, Yeah. 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:43.040 I got it interesting that Yeah, I gots sat right here. 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.960 They have only drawn thirteen walks in the last seven days. 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:50.160 They've struck out forty four times in that stretch. 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:51.880 Yeah, that's right there. 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:56.440 As pressing or not being patient or as you say, 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.840 being out gained what you know, hitters meaning. 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:00.959 Are you talking about working counts? Are you you know 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:01.360 what I mean? 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.760 But at the same time, injuries, guys popping in and 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.280 at the same time, you don't want to say pressure, 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.880 but you also know this time of year things get 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.240 magnified a little bit around trade deadline because oh man, 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.199 we got to win these games to make our you know, 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:17.240 if we want to you know, not saying guys are pressing, 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.400 but as you said, Noah, in the battle of the moment, 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.320 you might not realize it, but just you know, all right, 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:26.439 and there you go, thirteen walks as opposed to forty 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:27.440 something strikeouts. 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.080 That that right there is not going to get it done. 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.840 Yeah, I mean, that's part of it, and it's learning 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:35.480 how to play like this and for a lot of 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:37.280 guys on this team. 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Make sure you click the link in 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:49.120 the description to download the app and have the code 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.360 automatically added to your account so you can use it later. 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.000 All right, Paul Skeen's back on the bump on Friday. 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.920 The last time we saw him was over the prior 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:04.120 weekend against the Chicago Cubs. He looked really good to start, 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:06.599 look like they caught up to him the second or 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:09.160 third time through, and then the moment he left the 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:13.360 game went to hell. Overall, I still think Skeens is 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.800 trending in the right direction. The start against the Cubs 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:20.320 was a little concerning, considering a he typically pitches very 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:24.479 well against the Chicago Cubs, and B the velocity was 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:28.640 down again and it's it was dipping again, and probably 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:31.679 dipping more so than we've seen it at any other 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:32.480 time this month. 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.880 So Mark, again, I'll start with you, what are you 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:37.480 looking to see from him. Do you need to see 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.720 seven to feel good from Skins this weekend. 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:43.160 I'd love to see that, obviously. I don't know if 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:45.920 you need it, but the Pirates are going to be 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:50.439 They're starting Johann Ramier's Thursday before, prior to or after 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:54.800 we're recording, so it sounds like a bullpen game going 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:59.319 into Skeens start Friday. Yeah, that's that's what you need 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:03.559 from him this he's the team's ace. He's the best 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:06.960 pitcher on this roster. You gotta have him pitch like 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:12.120 it and the velocity dipping. He doesn't seem concerned about 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:16.160 it at all. I am starting to get to a 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:19.240 point where he sat ninety five point six in his 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:23.600 last start, was the average, and that at a certain 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:27.320 point you get a little concerned. I don't know if 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.480 he's fatigued. I don't know if it's just that's what 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:34.320 he wanted to do that day, but it is. I'm 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.280 starting to get to the point where that's a level 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:39.280 of a little bit of concern for me. But also 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:42.720 that Cup start, he got unlucky, a lot of just 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:44.720 like bloop singles. It felt like a lot of weak 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:49.679 contact that found grass and that'll be baseball. But at 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.800 the same time, you just need Paul Schemes to be better. 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:57.440 So yeah, against the Cincinnati Reds, you need him to 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.040 step up and dominate. And it would be awesome, especially 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:04.640 for this team with coming off that series in Arizona. Uh, 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.360 just a shot of arm, a shot in the arm 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.840 of momentum of you know, belief in this team. Be like, yeah, 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.040 oh yeah, we do have one of the best pitchers 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:15.600 in baseball and he's going out there and shoving for 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.880 us every five days. We can win this thing, we 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.680 can make the playoffs. So I just want to see 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:24.160 him in. Still a little bit of confidence in this team, 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:28.040 but easier said than done. Joshua, are your your thoughts. 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:28.600 On Schemes here? 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.320 Looking to bounce back against the Reds. 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.760 You need your ace to be your ace, be a stopper, yep, 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:40.080 especially especially in moments like this where Sam is you know, 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:42.880 not had success that they wanted to pass, you know, 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:44.280 week or so. 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:46.320 You need your ace to be your guy. 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:50.520 And regardless of you know, losing you know v Low 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:54.520 here or there. This is the beauty of baseball, especially 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:55.520 guys in his position. 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:56.760 He's a pitcher. 0:13:57.320 --> 0:13:59.600 This is where you learn to pitch and not saying 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.559 that learns to pitch. But you know I can remember, 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.520 you know, just a small story Tyler Glass. 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:06.760 Now I remember Triple A. 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.080 I think I was rehad the one game, and you know, 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:13.920 at one point he kept looking back at the you know, velocity. 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.559 And it wasn't saying ninety eight ninety nine. 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:18.200 You know, his fastball was like ninety three ninety four, 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.400 And I'm like, you do realize, like you're not always 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:23.280 going to have that ninety nine in a tank, But 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.720 what you can learn is to pitch with what you have. 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:28.920 And you know that was from playing with guys at 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:29.400 you know a J. 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:31.600 Burnett, you know that used to throw a hundred who 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.840 ended up pitching at ninety two ninety four. You're not 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.120 going to have that in the tank every day, but 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:39.560 you know, real pitchers know how to get out. And 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:42.120 what you'll see with Paul, as you mentioned, still having 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.480 success not throwing his herd because he knows how to 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.560 pitch and tone of his pitchers. So with that being said, 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:49.800 he knows he doesn't I don't want to say he 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:52.200 knows he doesn't have his velocity, because only he knows 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:55.160 what's really going on. Whether it's fatigue or something mechanical. 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.480 A lot of things can be going on. But one 0:14:57.520 --> 0:14:59.800 thing that I know is he's a competitor. He's a pitcher, 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:01.920 and he still knows how to put the ball where 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.280 he wants and at the end of the day, that's 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.480 the name of the game on the mound. So I 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:09.600 have no doubt that you know, he's every fifth day, 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:11.120 it's like, you know, whether I got the vlo or not, 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:12.640 I put pitches where I need to. 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:14.040 I'm gonna get the outs. 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.800 And as I said, you need your ace to be 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:21.320 a ace Friday, whether he's throwing one hundred or ninety six, yea, 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:23.200 do what you do. 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.040 Get your outs and pitch. 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:29.240 And I expect Paul to do what he does because 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:31.400 I mean, as you said, he's still trending up or 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.360 just might not be what we've seen in the past. 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:36.240 But that's part of baseball, that's part of the wear 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:38.400 and tear of you know, you got to make adjustments, 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:42.800 and he's going through an adjustment period that most people 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.840 probably didn't think he would have to. But everybody has 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:47.120 to go through this adjustment period. 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:48.240 Yep. 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.840 It's time, that's all it is. It's time. It's time 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.840 to be the ace like you. For as good as he. 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.440 Looked in those three starts prior to the Cubs one 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.760 where they won three in a row, he got crazy 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.800 run support in all three of those games. I mean, 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:06.040 the first one was when O'Hearn went nuclear and drove 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.720 in ten runs himself. The last or the second one 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:10.600 was right before the All Star break where they were 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:12.720 up by ten runs by like the third or fourth inning. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.240 And then in Cleveland, not only did they put a 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:17.360 whole bunch of runs up on the board, they also 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.080 made a lot of big defensive plays, or maybe the 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.360 Guardians just made a lot of stupid plays on the bases. 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:23.360 I think they made four. 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:27.800 Outs on the base, so right, And you know, he 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:31.920 had the most ideal situations. And I'm not taking away 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:35.000 from his production in those starts because he did his 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.760 job too. But now the offense is struggling, so it's 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:41.680 time for Paul Skeins to return the favor. They've given 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:43.360 him crazy run. 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:45.440 Support in three of his last four outings. 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.960 His last outing, the one against the Cubs, they didn't 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.840 score a run from him for him, and he kept 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.640 them toe for tow for a little bit. But you're 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:57.080 the ace. If that other guy has a zero, you 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:58.320 need to match that zero. 0:16:58.520 --> 0:16:59.560 That's how this works. 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.000 When you the ace, when you're the cy young, when 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.760 you're the best pitcher on a pitching staff and on 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.159 a team that's trying to make the playoffs, sometimes you 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:08.840 got to put the team on your back. We just 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.520 haven't seen Paul do that a ton this year, and 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:13.520 this is the time to do it against a team 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:16.679 that you typically always pitch very well against in a 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:19.760 ballpark where you have pretty good numbers despite it being 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:20.480 a hitter's part. 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.080 This is the time. This is the time for Paul 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:24.840 Schemes to carry the Pittsburgh Pirates. 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:26.800 And if it's not now, then when is it gonna be. 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.159 Is it gonna be your next start in Milwaukee? Is 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:32.159 it gonna be in August and September? Or is it 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:34.000 just not gonna be your year? Because if it's not 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.760 his year, this teammate't make in the playoffs. It's got 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:40.080 to start now. So that's all I got, unless you 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.440 guys have anything to add. Nope, all right, we're gonna 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:46.000 take another break. When we come back, we'll round it 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.440 out with Jay hay now here on Bucco Territory. 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:53.160 There is one place to be on trade deadline day 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:55.119 watching Foul Territory. 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:55.960 Of course. A. J. 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:58.920 Perdinski, Eric Kratz, and Scott Brown will be live all 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:02.840 afternoon speaking with insiders, reading tea leaves, and reacting to 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:06.880 unfolding deadline drama. 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My segment is, hey, 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:58.320 we we've seen a little bit of struggles this past week. 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:00.679 Nothing to be too panicked about with this offense, but 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:05.359 we've hit on how adding you know, a potential bat 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:10.959 may help, especially facing lefties. You've tried it internally and 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:13.159