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Former Air Force Falcon, Paul Skenes, earned the 2025 National League Cy Young Award, as voted on and released on Wednesday night by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). This marks the Pirates' first Cy Young Award winner in 35 years.
Despite a 10-10 record for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 2025 season, Skenes led starters across the league with an ERA of 1.96 and struck out 216 batters for a franchise single-season record in 187.2 innings.
In 2024, Skenes was named the NL Rookie of the Year after entering the MLB as the number one overall pick by Pittsburgh in the 2023 draft. He became the second Pirate to be honored as Rookie of the Year, following his electric leadoff season.
Skenes was a cornerstone of Air Force baseball during the 2021 and 2022 seasons, serving as team captain in 2022 and earning Team MVP honors in back-to-back years. The Lake Forest, California native was named the 2022 Mountain West Co-Pitcher of the Year after posting a conference-best 2.0 ERA (note: final numeric value truncated to maintain concise summary).
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Этот материал подводит итог достижений Пауля Скейнса — бывшего выпускника ВВС США, достигшего выдающихся результатов в MLB и ставшего первым победителем Cy Young среди команды Pirates за более чем три десятилетия.
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