{"id":236288,"date":"2026-07-05T23:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236288\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:00:12","slug":"paul-skenes-named-pirates-lone-all-star-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236288\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Skenes Named Pirates Lone All-Star Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Skenes5-1120x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\"\/>Photo provided by Eddie Provident\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the third time in as many big-league seasons, Paul Skenes will represent the Pirates at the All-Star Game. The 24-year-old was named the team\u2019s lone All-Star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skenes, who started for the National League in each of the last two Midsummer Classics (the first pitcher to do that in each of his first two seasons), is 6-8 with a 3.62 ERA in 18 starts this year. The right-hander has struck out 119 batters and walked 22 in 97 innings while holding opponents to a .211 batting average and a .623 OPS. He ranks seventh in the league in strikeouts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite an Opening Day start in which he was unable to escape the first inning, Skenes got off to a strong start this season. In nine starts through the middle of May, Skenes was 6-3 with a 1.98 ERA. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he\u2019s fallen on hard times of late. The Pirates have lost each of his last nine starts, a streak that dates back to May 17. Over that time, Skenes is 0-6 with a 5.36 ERA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still considered one of the best pitchers in MLB, Skenes will be at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia for the All-Star Game on July 14. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pirates could have other player(s) get added to the National League roster\u2019s later. Right-hander Braxton Ashcraft, second baseman Brandon Lowe and outfielder Bryan Reynolds are among possible replacement options. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/paul-skenes\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Skenes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">More about:<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo provided by Eddie Provident For the third time in as many big-league seasons, Paul Skenes will represent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[22146,73,75,74,10997],"class_list":["post-236288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-paul-skenes","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-pirates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}