The Pirates’ No. 1 prospect is inching closer to the majors. Pittsburgh Pirates top prospect Paul Skins (22) moved one step closer to a major league call-up after pitching the most innings in a game.
Skins, who is affiliated with Pittsburgh’s Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, started the game against the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons (Toronto Blue Jays) at Victory Field in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Monday (July 1) and pitched six innings of one-hit ball, striking out seven and walking none.
The win pushed his Triple-A record to 0.39 ERA (1.00 ERA in 23 innings) with 41 strikeouts. The Skins dominated the game, 안전놀이터 추천 sprinkling in fastballs that topped out at 101 mph (163 km/h). He threw 29 four-seamers, 23 sliders, 16 splitters, six changeups, and one curveball, with his splitter reaching 96.5 mph (155 km/h). On the day, Skins threw a career-high 75 pitches in six innings, his most in a single game.
He turned heads in the college ranks in 2023, going 13-2 with a 1.69 ERA and 209 strikeouts in 19 games (122⅔ innings). He was selected with the first overall pick in the first round of the 2023 First-Year Player Draft and signed a record-breaking $9.2 million contract with Pittsburgh.
After graduating from Rookie ball to Single-A and Double-A at lightning speed last year
He’s in the starting rotation at Triple-A this year. He has proven to have strong command of his pitches, striking out more than one batter per inning in every game. He is ranked as the #3 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline. Jackson Halladay (Baltimore) and Jackson Churio (Milwaukee) are ranked ahead of Skins, the highest among pitchers. After a four-game, 12 1/3-inning, five-hit, no-run, 29-strikeout streak in his Triple-A debut this year, Haldaday started a game against the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers (Kansas City Royals) on May 25 and allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits, one walk and seven strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. It was his first career loss. The one run was a story in itself, and the Skins had a lot of expectations.
‘MLB.com’ reported on Skins’ six-inning outing, saying, “Skins moved one step closer to making his major league debut with six scoreless innings,” and “Now he faces the inevitable. As he continues to build a reputation as one of the top prospects of his generation, 토토사이트 순위 the baseball world waits with bated breath for the major league debut of the most highly touted pitching prospect since Stephen Strasburg in 2010.
“In the short time since he was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft, he’s shown glimpses of what’s to come. But as the year has progressed, despite the hype, Skins has raised the bar, not only within the Pittsburgh organization, but throughout the baseball world.” “He threw a career-high 75 pitches, retired 10 of the last 11 batters he faced, and touched 100 mph or higher 13 times, giving him 89 100-plus mph pitches this year.