Pirates star pitcher Paul Skenes shares thoughts on team’s direction in exclusive sitdown

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• Obviously, the players are great, but we went after the right people.
• We’re a week in, so stuff’s going to change.
• The newness is going to fade, and we’re going to get into kind of the grind of it a little bit here soon, but once that happens, I think it’ll be really telling who we have.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementToward the end of last season, Skenes was vocal about the team needing to take strides with player acquisition, telling 93.7 The Fan in July they needed to “consciously and intentionally” make moves to improve the team. Skenes had at least a small role in how that came together, including calling newcomers after they signed.“It wasn’t as extensive as people probably think,” he told Channel 11.
• “I had conversations with (General Manager Ben Cherington) and (Manager Don Kelly) at the end of the season last year and during the off-season.
• I talked with Donnie pretty regularly, and I talked with Ben a few times in the offseason.