ESPN's Jeff Passan's take on a Paul Skenes trade away from the Pittsburgh Pirates could make, upsetting former MLB player Trevor Plouffe.

Paul Skenes was dominant on Sunday. It didn't matter, because the Pittsburgh Pirates didn't score in a 1-0 loss to the Phillies. And the calls that have persisted on social media basically since the start of the season have only gotten louder.

Paul Skenes used to be the one thing that fans could hang their hat on, the one piece of evidence that better days might be on the horizon. But not even Skenes can save this dumpster fire of a roster — Pittsburgh has lost six of the nine games he's started so far this year,