The Pittsburgh Pirates reportedly plan to keep pitching Paul Skenes.
With the Pittsburgh Pirates' playoff hopes all but out of reach, all eyes will turn toward their handling of rookie phenom Paul Skenes.
But with the Pirates having a 0.4 percent of making the playoffs through a wild card spot according to, there's a pressing question to be asked about how long they plan to keep pitching Skenes for the rest of the season. The Athletic reported that while Pittsburgh might be more cautious with the length of his outings, there are currently no plans to shut the rookie right-hander down.. "They have no set innings limit for Skenes.
Skenes earned his first win in over a month on Friday against the Seattle Mariners, pitching six innings, allowing three hits, two runs and he had six strikeouts, though, he walked a career-high four batters. Statistically, Skenes hasn't slipped, but he's seen his velocity slightly dip over his last few starts.on Aug. 10, Skenes averaged a career-low 97.7 mph on his fastball and allowed four runs, his most to date.
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