Given their poor play, the "the Pirates should trade Skenes" conversation has begun, though to be clear, that is only among talking heads on sports radio and columnists and the like. On Thursday, Pirates GM Ben Cherington shot the idea down completely. He said the Pirates are not considering trading the reigning NL Rookie of the Year.

Paul Skenes didn't hear Pirates GM Ben Cherington say that trading him to give the club an influx of position player talent is "not at all part of the conversation." When someone relayed Cherington's comments to him,

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes says he’s not paying attention to the suggestion that the club should trade him