Bleed Cubbie Blue · Apr 18, 2025
Outside The Confines: When you don’t wish upon a star
Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Good morning. It’s 1:20 on Friday somewhere.
R.J. Anderson believes that the Pirates are wasting Skenes’ talent by not putting a better team around him.
Anderson also looks at how Reds ace Hunter Greene made adjustments to make him practically unhittable so far this season.
Ben Clemens notes that Giants right-hander Randy Rodriguez is becoming the best reliever in the game.
Dayn Perry notices that Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is off to a Hall-of-Fame start to the season so far.
Judge also commented that he’s not worried about the slow start his former teammate Juan Soto is having with the Mets, saying “He’s going to be just fine.” Pete Caldera reports.