LSU's Livvy Dunne sweetens Pirates’ offer for rare Paul Skenes' rookie card

The marketplace for rookie trading cards conscionable got a small hotter, and the Pittsburgh Pirates privation in. 

The squad offered a saccharine woody successful hopes of getting its hands connected a uncommon Paul Skenes' rookie shot card, which Topps released earlier this week featuring a spot from the All-Star pitcher's jersey and his autograph. 

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes pitches against the New York Yankees during the archetypal inning astatine Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

In a alternatively antithetic move, the Pirates offered a commercialized for the fortunate MLB instrumentality who recovered the card. 

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The woody includes 2 play tickets down location sheet astatine PNC Park for 30 years, a softball crippled connected the tract with coaching from squad alumni, a conscionable and greet with Skenes and 2 signed jerseys. 

Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches successful the archetypal inning during the 94th MLB All-Star Game astatine Globe Life Field July 16, 2024, successful Arlington, Texas. (Sam Hodde/Getty Images)

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And if that wasn't enough, Skenes’ woman Livvy Dunne, an LSU gymnast, doubled down connected that offer. 

"Let's rise the stakes," she responded to the connection successful a station connected X. "The idiosyncratic who finds the paper tin beryllium with maine astatine a Pirates crippled successful my suite." 

LSU gymnast Olivia Dunn reacts connected the tract aft her boyfriend, Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes, made his large league debut against the Chicago Cubs astatine PNC Park successful Pittsburgh May 11, 2024. (Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports)

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Skenes made his large league debut successful May and enactment unneurotic 1 of the astir awesome rookie seasons successful caller memory. He was named the starting pitcher for the National League successful the All-Star Game aft conscionable 11 starts and finished the play 11-3 with a 1.96 ERA successful 23 games for the Pirates, meaning that rookie paper could beryllium worthy a beauteous penny successful the future. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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