If the goal is October soon, this is how you keep the ace happy without breaking the model.
If you’re the Pirates, there’s no mystery about the first move of the winter. You pick up the phone, call Paul Skenes’ camp, and put something on the table that says two things at once: we recognize exactly how special you are, and we’re willing to pay ahead of time to prove it.
After a 2025 that bent the sport around him - 10–10 with a 1.