It’s Friday, May 23 and the Brewers (25-26) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (17-34). Freddy Peralta is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Paul Skenes for Pittsburgh.

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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.

It may seem unthinkable to trade arguably the best pitcher in baseball who is just 22 years old, hasn't even hit arbitration and has four-plus seasons of team control remaining on his contract, but the Pittsburgh Pirates would certainly get a haul if they did decide to move Paul Skenes.

Trade Paul Skenes? The Pittsburgh Pirates should build around Paul Skenes. But they punted on an opportunity to do that last offseason, and the chances of owner Bob Nutting splurging this offseason are about as good as his team’s current playoff odds: 0.