The Boston Red Sox recently signed star outfield prospect Roman Anthony to a massive eight-year contract extension. This deal locks a star in Boston for nearly a decade.
With that deal in mind, there are a lot of young stars around the league who could make sense as the next one to sign a huge extension, led by Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes.
FanSided’s MLB insider, Robert Murray, recently discussed Skenes as a contract extension candidate following Anthony’s huge deal. Unfortunately for the people of Pittsburgh, Murray remains skeptical that the Pirates will make such a contract come to fruition.
“Do I expect the Pirates to eventually extend Skenes? No. That’s not a Ben Cherington thing. That falls squarely on Bob Nutting, the team owner who has refused to invest meaningful dollars in the roster. To his credit, yes, he has extended Bryan Reynolds, Ke’Bryan Hayes, and Mitch Keller,” Murray wrote. “But we’ve never seen him fork over the kind of money needed to extend Skenes, who could very well be the richest pitcher in baseball history. I hope I’m wrong. I so badly want to be proven wrong. Because Pittsburgh deserves Skenes. I just don’t expect an extension to happen.”
Unfortunately for the Pirates, it doesn’t seem like a contract extension is going to happen. They don’t have the money to re-sign Skenes when he lands in free agency, so an extension could make sense, but Pittsburgh’s ownership doesn’t spend money like what Skenes would sign for.
There’s a small chance the Pirates make a very out-of-character move to spend the hundreds of millions of dollars to extend Skenes, but it remains quite unlikely.
Don’t get your hopes up, Pirates fans.
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