Paul Skenes has been voted to the All-MLB First Team presented by MGM Rewards, another accolade in what has been a season that has cemented him as one of the game’s elite players.

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes shuts down the New York Yankees rumors shortly after winning the Cy Young Award.

There was no sophomore slump for Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes. Instead, the LSU product followed up his 2024 NL Rookie of the Year campaign by unanimously winning his first NL Cy Young Award. The two-time All-Star beat out the Philadelphia Phillies' Cristopher Sánchez and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the 2025 honor Wednesday after posting an MLB-best 1.

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Paul Skenes has a message for anyone wondering if he has his sights set on leaving the Pirates. “The goal is to win, and the goal is to win in Pittsburgh,” Skenes told reporters after he won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday.

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