Former MLB pitcher and analyst Ron Darlington is high on Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes.
Even as the most touted pitching prospect since Stephen Strasburg, Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes found a way to blow the lofty expectations placed upon him out of the water in his rookie season.to be in the top three for both awards, joining Jose Fernandez, Dwight Gooden, Fernando Valenzuela and Mark Fidrych. Valenzuela was the only pitcher to win both awards.as the next great pitcher in baseball.. "You have to be the savior of an organization.
Skenes went 11-3 with a 1.96 ERA over 23 starts and amassed 170 strikeouts over 133 innings pitched, setting a newrookie record. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft was the first pitcher in MLB history to have an ERA below 2.20 and over 150 strikeouts in their first 21 games and the second pitcher since 1913 to have an ERA below 2.00 through their first 22 appearances.
'Doc' Gooden won the NL Cy Young in 1985 and was a four-time All-Star. Darling was Gooden's teammate from 1984 to 1991.
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