Baseball Fans Are Not Happy With ESPN Insider Jeff Passan

Baseball Fans Are Not Happy With ESPN Insider Jeff Passan

Where They Are Now- Former ESPN Personalities (1:16) ESPN insider Jeff Passan is getting ripped to shreds this Friday by an MLB fan base. While on "The Pat McAfee Show" this week, Passan offered an update on Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes' future. He's under team control for the next few years, but that won't stop trade rumors from surfacing this season. Passan happens to think trade rumors involving Skenes make a ton of sense because there'…

Paul Zeise's mailbag: Should the Pirates really entertain the idea of trading Paul Skenes?

Welcome to Paul Zeise’s weekly mailbag, where the Post-Gazette columnist answers your questions about sports, life and everything in between. If...

MLB Insider Believes Pirates Could Trade Paul Skenes Now 'At Highest Value'

The Pittsburgh Pirates are struggling, and fans are growing frustrated from wasting Paul Skenes. MLB insider Jeff Passan believes the team should trade him now.

MLB Insider Shares Depressing Reality On Paul Skenes’ Future With The Pittsburgh Pirates

Paul Skenes (Photo By: Brad Penner/Imagn Images) Paul Skenes has been everything the Pittsburgh Pirates could’ve hoped for, and more. Since his debut in 2024, the flamethrower has been lights out, already racking up a 14–7 record, 2.16 ERA, and 223 strikeouts. He is the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, and even finished third in Cy Young voting. The guy is legit. But the Pirates? Not so much. Pittsburgh has stumbled out of the gate in 2025, sitti…

Pitchers Who Have Been Shockingly Excellent to Start 2025

The 2025 MLB season is well underway and there have been plenty of headlines for baseball fans to grasp onto in the opening weeks. One of the annual conversation pieces in the baseball world through the opening months is always the strong starts, especially those occurring on the mound. While the usual suspects like Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal might be thriving and the those tabbed for breakouts like Hunter Brown may be in the midst of those br…

Just a handful of months have passed since Paul Skenes debuted in Major League, but his impact has been immediate: a straight line that exceeds 100 mph, dominance over the hill and maturity reminiscent of the consolidated aces. However, Jeff Passan, recognized MLB insider at ESPN, recently launched a bomb that has shaken the world of baseball: “The best course of action for Pirates could be to switch to Paul Skenes.” Passan said, although this h…