Paul Skenes is a near lock to win the National League Cy Young Award. His best sports cards have been selling for thousands of dollars.

The Pittsburgh Pirates' ace put an end to his 2025 campaign on Wednesday with six scoreless innings against the Cincinnati Reds, with 7 strikeouts, 0 walks and 4 hits allowed. The Pirates won 4-3 in extra innings, improving their record in Skenes starts to 17-15.

Wheeler has been neck and neck with Pirates phenom Paul Skenes all season. Wheeler leads the league in strikeouts (by 20) and WHIP. He's fifth in ERA, fourth in ERA+ and fourth among pitchers in WAR. As he's finished second in Cy Young voting twice, his pedigree gave us reason to believe he had the ability to finish the season strong.

Paul Skenes walked off the mound for the last time this season with six scoreless innings, seven strikeouts, and one more reminder of why he’s become the face of a franchise and a frontrunner for the National League Cy Young Award.

With the Pirates barreling toward a 90-plus-loss season, their ace is getting candid about what they should learn from 2025.

Young struck early on the Nevill Road card with 285m maiden sprint scorer Mahoonagh Hoffa (16.51sec) plus 500m winners Bowmers Sheeran (29.59sec) and Feeling The Love (29.53sec).

The Washington Nationals announced on Wednesday afternoon the hire of Red Sox's assistant general manager Paul Toboni as their new head of baseball operations, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

The cleanup is part of Young’s broader strategy to improve the city. Now, beautification is part of the plan for the National Guard, as well as focusing on law enforcement and homelessness. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said the troops will allow Memphis Police to focus on keeping the community safe.