Dylan Crews and Tre’ Morgan also named to MLB Futures Game
Somehow someway Paul Skenes is more than just living up to the hype, he’s surpassing it.
Sunday evening Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the annual MLB All-Star Game and Skenes was named a reserve for the NL Team. Barely a year after leading LSU to a national championship and being selected 1st overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Skenes is already thought of as one of the best pitchers in baseball. He’s also the first No. 1 overall pick to make an All-Star game the following season.
Paul Skenes ➡️ All-Star Game ⭐️@Paul_Skenes | #LSUMLB pic.twitter.com/FPePCatj52
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) July 7, 2024
The moment Bryan Reynolds and Paul Skenes found out they were headed to the All-Star Game pic.twitter.com/Q0rBWtck2s
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) July 7, 2024
Skenes hasn’t missed a beat since leaving LSU for the Pirates. In 10 starts Skenes is 5-0 with a 2.12 ERA and already has 78 strikeouts versus just 12 walks in 59.1 innings. He made some more history this past Friday against the Mets. Skenes struck out 7 which was his ninth time in his first 10 starts that he struck out at least seven batters. That’s the most in a player’s first 10 starts in MLB history.
Paul Skenes has recorded 7+ strikeouts in 9 of his 10 career outings, setting the Major League record for most within a player’s first 10 career games. pic.twitter.com/gjIRH4OlC2
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) July 6, 2024
Skenes is must-see TV, especially if you’re like me and you don’t really have an MLB team. His fastball is still consistently living at 100 MPH and the development of his off-speed stuff has elevated him into that upper echelon of MLB starting pitchers.
right-handed batters are hitting .150 with no extra base hits against paul skenes’ splitter and maybe you can see why pic.twitter.com/hxk403ctqo
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 5, 2024
The MLB All-Star Game will be next Tuesday, July 16, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas and the game will be on Fox.
Skenes isn’t the only member of LSU’s 2023 team that will be in Texas for the All-Star festivities. Dylan Crews, now with the Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate, was selected to be part of the annual Futures Game, while Tre’ Morgan is going to participate in the first ever Future Skills Showcase. Morgan is now with Tampa’s High-A affiliate, the Bowling Green Hot Rods, and is hitting .340 across Low-A and High-A. Crews is ranked the No. 4 overall prospect in all of baseball.