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Former LSU Tigers baseball pitcher Paul Skenes is getting called up to the MLB by the Pittsburgh Pirates. ... Skenes was one of the top pitchers in the country as he posted a 1.69 ERA and a record ...
The Pirates announced Wednesday on social media that they are calling up right-hander Paul Skenes, the organization's top pitching prospect and a top-10 prospect across all of MLB. 5.11.24 pic ...
Paul David Skenes (/ s k iː n z /, born May 29, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024. He made his MLB debut in 2024.
Fans and prognosticators alike pined for a call-up. And with each minor-league start, the calls grew louder . Eventually the Pirates, pushed by the sheer excellence of Skenes’ minor-league ...
Skenes unfurled his 6-foot-6 frame and with his funky delivery fired a 101 mph fastball to Trautman that plate umpire Paul Clemons called a ball. Six pitches later, Trautman was walking back to the dugout after swinging at another fastball — 100.9 mph this time — that he tipped into catcher Yasmani Grandal's mitt for Skenes' first strikeout.
Skenes pitched four innings, giving up three runs and scattering six hits, while throwing a total of 84 pitches. Those numbers belie some of his electric stuff, as he struck out seven batters and ...
Suddenly, Skenes was being compared as a prospect to the likes of Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg, and he authored one of the best seasons ever by a pitcher in Division I baseball — 1.69 ERA ...
Paul Skenes took just 10 months to go from No. 1 overall pick to a major league horse, an ace whose dominance and staying power past the sixth inning seemed to hail from a bygone era.