Atlanta – No matter what’s going on in Tuesday’s stars match, the AS of Pirates Paul Skenes will make history.
Skenes will become the first player to be the launcher leaving in a star match during his first two seasons in the big leagues. The recruit of the year of the NL of 2024 was named Starter last year for the middle of the mid-summer after only 11 electrifying departures, and now it is back after the Dodgers manager, Dave Roberts, neglected his meager record of 2-4 in 2025, because it was delivered with a remarkable ERA of 2.01 and a whip of 0.93.
“It was obvious to me,” said Roberts on Monday before Home Run Derby. “It wouldn’t surprise me if he was also doing it next year. It is an honor to do it to the rubber for the national league. ”
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Skenes won respect for his peers despite major leagues for only 14 months. He helped win a national championship in his only season in LSU, was drafted first in the general classification during the stars weekend in 2023, then exploded the recruit ball, the simple A, double A and triple A in just 12 departures.
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Rays with two stars Brandon Lowe, an eight -year -old veteran, saw media threshing with Skenes and had an understandable degree of skepticism.
“There was all that around him, you know,” Paul Skenes will be the next coming, “said Lowe to Sporting News on Monday.” Everyone makes a little hindsight and says: “Yes, well, let’s wait for him to come to the big leagues. The big leagues are different from everything that is in minors. But it does not seem to be for him.”
When Skenes discovered his starting role, he spoke to the Pittsburgh press and mentioned Clayton Kershaw as one of the players with whom he was eager to interact in Atlanta. He sees the veteran as someone who has succeeded in the success he hopes to see in his career. Kershaw is in his 11th star match and recently recorded the 3,000th stick withdraws from his 18 -year -old career.
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“I don’t have much advice because I don’t think he needs a lot according to what he does,” Kershaw told SN on Monday. “Regarding the longevity piece, I don’t know that anyone knows the answer to this. From what I hear, it takes a long time, efforts and energy to come back there both or sixth day.
“There are a lot of wonders, right? There is a lot of success for a year. And then the league can understand you, and then you have to adapt. And it is.
Skenes launched a round in Texas in the star match last year, face four strikers. After retiring Steven Kwan and Gunnar Henderson, Skenes walked Juan Soto. In the first Mano-a-Mano with the Slugger of the Yankees Aaron Judge, Skenes launched a quick bullet of 99 MPH which was based on the third goal to end the Channel.
The judge, who was withdrawn last September in his other At-Bat against Skenes, said that he hoped to do better on Tuesday. The judge strikes the third for the AL, which means that there is a guaranteed revenge match.
“It’s exciting,” said the judge to SN. “The excitement he brings to Pittsburgh and to this base of fans and all baseball every five days. It will be pretty cool to see him here on the mound. It will be special.”
There was a lot of excitement among pirates fans earlier this season when there was a promotion of Paul Skenes Bobblehead Doll on Saturday April 19 against the Guardians. A crowd of 37,713 PNC packed parks, doubling the average attendance of the team in the last place in the Central NL. The crowd saw a hard outing typical for Skenes, which granted two points in seven rounds while the pirates dropped 3-0.
The manager of the Braves, Brian Snitker, managed two recruits from the National League of the year in Atlanta during his 10 -year MLB career. He saw Ronald Acuña Jr. and Michael Harris II win the prize, then live different levels of success in the future. Acuña has maintained an elite level, while Harris reduced. Skenes seems to be more on the Acuña track to date.
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“The approach, maturity (is the key to success),” said Snitker, who is one of the staff of the National League coaches this year. “I have never met (Skenes), I just heard incredible things about his makeup, the respect he has for the game, the kind of person he is. I wish this kid that the best, because it seems to me that he does everything in the right way. He is a great person. He is a big talent. You look at a guy like that.
