Pirates phenom Paul Skenes wins NL Rookie of the Year after dominant start to MLB career

There was ne'er a doubt, but MLB made it official connected Monday nighttime arsenic Pittsburgh Pirates phenom Paul Skenes was named NL Rookie of the Year aft starting disconnected his vocation successful ascendant fashion. 

Fellow rookie pitcher Luis Gil of the New York Yankees won the AL Rookie of the Year grant arsenic well, conscionable beating retired Baltimore Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser successful voting. His Yankees teammate, Austin Wells, was besides among the finalists for the award.

For Skenes, helium bushed retired a loaded tract that included San Diego Padres standout outfielder Jackson Merrill and Milwaukee Brewers budding prima Jackson Chourio, besides an outfielder. Skenes finished with 23 of 30 first-place votes. 

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

But it was hard not to springiness the grant to Skenes aft posting 1 of the champion rookie campaigns for a pitcher successful MLB history. 

The hype bid for Skenes was existent the 2nd helium was drafted first wide by Pittsburgh retired of LSU pursuing the Tigers’ nationalist title play successful 2023. Pirates fans were hoping helium would beryllium up for the 2024 run close away, but the enactment chose to enactment him successful Triple-A to commencement the twelvemonth instead. 

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Through 7 games, Skenes was intelligibly a level supra his competition, posting a 0.99 ERA with 45 strikeouts implicit 7 outings. 

The Pirates yet gave the fans, and shot fans successful general, what they were hoping to spot connected May 11 against the Chicago Cubs, arsenic Skenes made his large league debut astatine PNC Park. He went connected to transportation 4 innings, giving up 3 earned runs and striking retired 7 implicit 4 innings. 

Though not the astir awesome outing, his 2nd didn’t disappoint arsenic helium struck retired 11 Cubs and didn’t let a deed implicit six innings of enactment this time. 

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

As helium continued to predominate MLB hitters, Skenes was brought into the Cy Young Award conversation. With that being the case, Skenes was voted an All-Star and had the pleasance of starting for the National League against the American League successful Arlington, Texas, successful July. 

Skenes, contempt being successful a monolithic spotlight alongside his LSU gymnast/social media prima woman Livvy Dunne, was chill arsenic a cucumber arsenic helium got retired of the archetypal inning scoreless contempt seeing the Yankees’ twin-headed monster of Juan Soto and Aaron Judge successful that frame.

Overall, Skenes pitched to a 1.96 ERA implicit 23 starts this season, which is the lowest for immoderate rookie with astatine slightest 20 starts dating backmost to 1920, per ESPN. It was besides the lowest epoch successful shot this play among pitchers with astatine slightest 130 innings thrown. 

The Pirates enactment a headdress connected Skenes’ innings this twelvemonth truthful arsenic to not overwork him. He pitched connected other remainder successful each his starts, though helium made the champion of it by posting 133 innings. 

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes pitches successful the archetypal inning against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine American Family Field. (Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports)

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His last 2 scoreless innings astatine Yankee Stadium successful September capped a singular play that Pirates fans anticipation helium continues having arsenic helium continues to cement himself among the aces successful MLB.

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