The name of Paul Skenes continues to be heard this offseason. First of all, because he won the National League Cy Young. Secondly, because he has been the protagonist of one of the strongest rumors in this market period.
It has been said that his desire is to go to the Yankees to aspire to win a World Series and much more, but he himself has denied that version. However…
Pirates general manager Ben Cherington
Chris Rose and Trevor Plouffe
When you have a talent like this, a guy who, you know, is one of the few pitchers that draws an audience the way he does each and every start, you have to find a way to keep him. Do I think he’ll win in Pittsburgh? I don’t, and it’s sad
$86 million.
To have something like that at your fingertips, to have drafted and developed it, and to just do nothing with it is sad. It’s sad for the city, it’s sad for your organization
someone with greater vision
is required in both sports and economics to compete with the big boys.
If nothing changes, he (Skenes) won’t win in Pittsburgh. So I do think his time there is limited
the idea that he could go to New York is not out of the question
if the Bronx Bombers start to move the waters to take him away.
The value of being a Cy Young winner
Skenes became the third Pirates player in franchise history to win the Cy Young Award. The previous winners were Vern Law in 1960 and Doug Drabek in 1990. The 2025 season was one of the best the organization has ever had in terms of pitching.
The pitcher went 10-10 with a 1.97 ERA in 32 starts and 187.2 innings. He struck out 216 batters, which translates to a franchise record for strikeouts by a right-handed pitcher. He also achieved a ratio of 5.14 strikeouts per walk,
the best in Pittsburgh’s history books.
Those numbers, coupled with his performance on the mound, led him to be the unanimous winner of the award in the National League. It’s no wonder he would be on the radar of several teams, including the Yankees.
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