The Red Sox were included as a potential destination in a Paul Skenes trade this summer by Jim Bowden for a package featuring Roman Anthony.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have one of the best pitchers in baseball in Paul Skenes, but don't have a great surrounding cast around him. The Pirates currently have a 21-36 record, sit 14.5 games behind the Chicago Cubs in first place of the National League Central Division,

R.J. Anderson: This is the kind of scenario that's interesting to game out, but that has zero chance of being deployed by an actual team. Any general manager who already gives up on building around Skenes, when he's not even arbitration eligible, may as well pack up their office while they're at it.