Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes has lived up to the hype.
Anytime you can be compared to Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, you're in good company. That's what is happening to the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie.
"Nobody since Ohtani has arrived in the major leagues with more hype than Paul Skenes upon his May 11 debut,". "All he has done since is pitch better than almost anyone in the major leagues. The only pitcher with a case is Chris Sale, and Skenes stacks up evenly against him." The 6-foot-6 flamethrowing right-hander has pitched at least six innings and allowed two runs or fewer in 15 of his starts. Among those 15 starts, Skenes has struck out at least seven batters 13 times.
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