Baseball is a fun game where we can dissect lots of things all sorts of ways. If you want to really be in tune with the game these days, you have to be able to keep up with all of the analysis that is happening. That means reading.
A lot of reading.
The other day, I was reading this article by Mike Petriello about Paul Skenes and his ability to throw a bunch of different pitches. There were seven identified with one that he threw in spring training only a handful of times, but has yet to debut it in actual gameplay. There is the quote in there saying that Skenes might be the best pitcher in baseball now, which might be a bit of stretch, but certainly has room for argument. Being able to throw…
