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Fantasy News
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Skenes' next start will come Sunday at Triple-A Indianapolis against Buffalo. Skenes got stretched out to six innings and 75 pitches in his last outing with Indianapolis on Tuesday, leading some to wonder whether his next start might come with the Pirates. However, he is set to remain with Indy for at least one more turn. Skenes has been utterly dominant against Triple-A hitters, posting a 0.39 ERA with 41 strikeouts over 23 innings. Fantasy managers shouldn't have to wait too much longer for the top prospect's major-league debut.... See More ... See Less
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Pirates' Paul Skenes: Reaches six innings
Skenes allowed four hits and one walk while striking out seven across six scoreless innings Tuesday in an appearance with Triple-A Indianapolis. Skenes continued his impressive run with Indianapolis, as he now has a total of 41 strikeouts across 23 innings pitched while maintaining a 0.39 ERA and 0.87 WHIP. Most importantly, he reached five innings in an outing for the first time in a start this season and tossed 75 pitches. The Pirates still haven't announced plans to promote Skenes to Pittsburgh, but he should be up in relatively short order.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Ramps up to 65 pitches
Skenes allowed one hit and two walks while striking out eight across 3.1 scoreless innings in a start with Triple-A Indianapolis on Thursday. Skenes has yet to record more than 10 outs in a start this season, but he did increase his pitch count to 65. He was a bit wild with only 37 of his pitches finding the zone, though he still generated 11 whiffs. For the season, Skenes has thrown 12.2 shutout innings while maintaining a 27:4 K:BB.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Three perfect innings
Skenes threw three perfect innings while striking out five in Saturday's game with Triple-A Indianapolis. The Pirates want Skenes to continue to build up his workload and get some experience in pro ball before debuting in the majors, and Saturday's start was a good first step. According to Ben Weinrib of MLB.com, Skenes averaged 100.1 mph on 21 fastballs and none of the pitches came in below 99.1 mph. He threw a total of 46 pitches and will continue to increase the length of his outings. Assuming Skenes is successful in doing so, his debut in Pittsburgh this summer seems like an eventuality.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Reassigned to minor-league camp
The Pirates reassigned Skenes to minor-league camp Sunday. Pirates GM Ben Cherington announced in early March that Skenes would be beginning the season in the minors, and his run in big-league camp has now come to a close. The 2023 first overall pick quickly made his way through the minor-league system last year and will begin 2024 at Double-A Altoona or Triple-A Indianapolis. If he continues to live up to his prospect pedigree, Skenes could make his MLB debut for the Pirates this summer.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Back on bump Thursday
Skenes (illness) is scheduled to start Thursday in the Pirates' Spring Breakout game against the Orioles, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports. The Pirates scratched Skenes ahead of his previous Grapefruit League start this past Saturday versus the Tigers, but he'll be back on the hill five days later to take on an Orioles lineup featuring a deep stable of prospects headlined by infielder Jackson Holliday. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft, Skenes is set to begin the campaign at Double-A Altoona or Triple-A Indianapolis but could reach the big leagues at some point this season if he proves to be unfazed by opposing hitters in the upper levels of the minors.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Scratched from Saturday's game
Skenes will not pitch in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Tigers due to an illness, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Skenes has appeared in two games -- including one start -- in spring training and has allowed one run on three hits while striking out three over three innings. The 2023 No. 1 overall pick will return to Grapefruit League action once he's shaken off his illness. He will begin the season in the minors.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Bypassing High-A, reaches Double-A
The Pirates promoted Skenes from Single-A Bradenton to Double-A Altoona on Monday, Justice delos Santos of MLB.com reports. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft has already ascended to his third different minor-league affiliate, bypassing the South Atlantic League entirely after brief stops in the rookie-level Florida Complex League and at Bradenton. The 6-foot-6 right-hander from LSU overwhelmed hitters during his two outings in the Florida State League, allowing just one baserunner and striking out four of the 10 batters he faced. Given the hefty workload he handled this spring and summer during LSU's run to the College World Series, Skenes will likely have his innings managed carefully at Altoona for the rest of the season. He's set to make his Double-A debut Saturday.... See More ... See Less
Recent Tweets
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG26M agoThe Pirates made one change yesterday, but it obviously wasn't enough. My column on the offense after another frustrating loss: https://t.co/hYXjZclOEN
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG12H agoFINAL: Rockies 3, Pirates 2 Cruz 2-run homer in 9th encouraging Have still lost 17 of 22, averaging 2.45 runs per game Tonight marks 5 consecutive losses Team just 3 for 40 w/RISP, 50 LOB over the last 7
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Alex Stumpf@AlexJStumpf12H agoThat's game. Rockies 3, Pirates 2. Oneil Cruz put one in the river in the ninth, but it's not enough to complete the comeback. Martín Pérez charged with three runs in the sixth. Pirates lose their fifth straight. They are 14-19.
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Alex Stumpf@AlexJStumpf12H agoOneil Cruz with a laser beam over the right field bleachers. The Pirates pull within one. It's 3-2 Rockies in the ninth
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG13H agoFans here begin booing, as Rowdy Tellez grounds out to second. Pirates have three hits, all singles, tonight and have struck out eight times against Cal Quantrill. They have not scored a run in 21 consecutive innings.
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG13H agoThat's six shutout innings for Cal Quantrill against the Pirates tonight. Has eight strikeouts. COL 1-0 McMahon 445' blast 2-0 Montero 1B 3-0 Rodgers 1B
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG13H agoThrough 5 IP: Rockies 0, Pirates 0 PIT w/3 hits, 2 from Jared Triolo, who leads off the 5th with one before Jack Suwinski hits into a double play. On the bright side, Martin Perez pitching very well.
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Alex Stumpf@AlexJStumpf13H agoOver the last 18 1/2 innings of Pirates baseball, Sauerkraut Saul has won more races than the Pirates have scored runs, @MikeDPersak
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG14H agoPirates have not been very good throwing out runners this season. They face perhaps their toughest challenge right now in Jacob Stallings, standing on first base. https://t.co/JBcmB290y7
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Alex Stumpf@AlexJStumpf15H agoGood to be back in the Eastern time zone. Pirates and Rockies kick off the long homestand https://t.co/lYy1WzdJ2O