There was no sophomore slump for Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes. Instead, the LSU product followed up his NL Rookie of the Year campaign in 2024 by unanimously winning his first NL Cy Young Award in 2025.

Paul Skenes, 23-year-old ace of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has unanimously won the National League Cy Young award for 2025.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a crucial offseason ahead of them and appear ready for the challenge of bettering the team for 2026. Ken Rosenthal of both The Athletic and FOX Sports spoke on the podcast Foul Territory from the general managers meetings in Las Vegas,

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