{"id":548560,"date":"2026-03-27T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/548560\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:04:08","slug":"paul-skenes-comments-after-shortest-start-of-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/548560\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Skenes comments after shortest start of his career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Skenes comments after shortest start of his career<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> entered Opening Day excited for a new season, especially with last year’s National League Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes on the mound.<\/p>\n

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Skenes was dominant last season, posting 7.7 WAR, 10 wins, 216 strikeouts and a 1.97 ERA over 187 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

These stats earned Skenes a sixth-place finish in National league MVP voting, the only NL pitcher to receive such votes (besides Shohei Ohtani<\/a>).<\/p>\n

He also looked impressive for Team USA this spring, defeating the Dominican Republic in the semi-finals with a one-run performance over four and 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

That said, Skenes had an outing to forget Thursday, marking the shortest appearance of his big league career.<\/p>\n

Skenes didn’t make it out of the first inning, surrendering four runs on five hits and two walks.<\/p>\n

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Pittsburgh would go on to lose the game in a high-scoring 11-7 affair.<\/p>\n

Following the game, it was revealed that Skenes was pulled due to a high pitch count, having thrown 37 pitches in the first.<\/p>\n

Skenes was asked by the media after the game if he was surprised about the decision.<\/p>\n

He said<\/a>: “Yes and no. Yes because I think I would have gotten out of the inning. No, because it’s early in the season and a it was a 37-pitch inning.”<\/p>\n

At 23-years-old, the Pirates still seem to be very precautious with Skenes, hoping to keep him as healthy as possible for the duration of the season.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh will have another chance to get their first win of the season Saturday with Mitch Keller on the mound.<\/p>\n

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