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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-paul-skenes-makes-history-fellow-no-1-pick-teammate');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pirates’ Paul Skenes makes history with fellow No. 1 pick teammate');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pittsburgh-Pirates-starting-pitcher-Paul-Skenes-30-delivers-a-pitch.jpg"><figcaption>Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Pirates’ Paul Skenes makes history with fellow No. 1 pick teammate</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-15T08:01:12-07:00">April 15th, 8:01am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-15T08:01:12-07:00">April 15th, 8:01am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-paul-skenes-andrew-mccutchen-message-nationals-game">Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a three-game losing skid on Monday</a> by securing a 10-3 win in the opener of a four-leg set at home against the visiting Washington Nationals.</p><p>Paul Skenes had a solid start in that contest, as the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year allowed just an earned run on three hits and struck out six Washington batters in six innings of work on the mound. He and catcher Henry Davis also made history along the way, as they <a href="https://x.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1911920591134740879" rel="noopener">became just the first battery ever</a> to consist of No. 1 draft picks in the history of the big leagues, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com.</p><p>“Henry Davis and Paul Skenes are the first-ever battery of No. 1 overall draft picks,” Langs shared in a post on X (formerly Twitter) after Davis entered the Nationals game to take over the catching role following the departure of starter Endy Rodriguez due to an apparent hand injury.</p><p>The 22-year-old Skenes was taken first overall in the 2023 MLB draft by the Pirates and was already a regular part of the rotation of Pittsburgh the following year. Davis, on the other hand, was selected No. 1 overall by Pittsburgh in the 2021 MLB draft.</p><p>With Rodriguez likely to miss games after sustaining a laceration in his right hand in the first inning of the Nationals game and with Joey Bart still out with an injury, Davis could capitalize on an opportunity to shine in a starting role. Skenes <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44678895/skenes-davis-make-mlb-history-pitcher-catcher-battery" rel="noopener">seems to trust</a> Davis, who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-latest-roster-move-will-catch-paul-skenes-attention">had just been recalled</a> amid Bart’s injury.</p><p>“[Henry] can call a game,” Skenes said after the victory over Pittsburgh (h/t ESPN). “He was prepared. It’s not a surprise. I’ve been with him for the better part of two years now. You want to see why he’s the type of player he is, you don’t have to look very far. For him to come into a tough situation, call the game and catch as well as he did says a lot about it.”</p><p>“Just being ready to jump in, and know what [Skenes] wanted to do, and be on his page pretty quickly,” Davis shared about being ready in the event that he gets called upon to catch for the Pirates star pitcher on Monday. “That was the goal,” the 25-year-old Davis added.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pirates’ Paul Skenes makes history with fellow No. 1 pick teammate

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-paul-skenes-andrew-mccutchen-message-nationals-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul Skenes sends powerful Andrew McCutchen message after Nationals game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Paul-Skenes-with-the-Pirates.jpg"><figcaption>Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Paul Skenes sends powerful Andrew McCutchen message after Nationals game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-15T01:56:27-07:00">April 15th, 1:56am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-15T01:56:27-07:00">April 15th, 1:56am</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Pirates exploded for their best offensive performance of the season Monday night, rolling past the Nationals 10-3 at PNC Park behind a sharp outing from last year’s NL <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-paul-skenes-calls-out-players-sell-team-chants">Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes</a>. But what had the clubhouse buzzing wasn’t just the win — it was Andrew McCutchen’s new necklace, which some players joked might’ve sparked the offensive surge.</p><p>Skenes commented on McCutchen’s <a href="https://x.com/JMackeyPG/status/1911970053697786242" rel="noopener">impact for the</a> Pirates after the game stating, “That’s the blueprint. How a city can embrace you is pretty dang cool. … Looking at him and seeing the legacy he has, the way the city embraces him, it’s pretty inspiring.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-andrew-mccutchen-is-back">Andrew McCutchen’s status</a> was uncertain for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ series opener against the Washington Nationals at PNC Park. He missed Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds, his third absence in seven games. Hitting .257 with a .400 slugging percentage this season, McCutchen appears to be moving into a part-time role as the Pirates ended their three-game losing streak against the Nationals.</p><h2><b>Andrew McCutchen’s necklaces for the Pirates</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pirates-Andrew-McCutchen-against-the-Nationals.jpg"><figcaption>Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>McCutchen contacted his friends at Phiten, makers of baseball-style rope necklaces, and asked for a shipment in black and gold. He distributed them to the team before the game, and 10 runs later, the Pirates ended their three-game losing streak.</p><p>Paul Skenes rebounded from the roughest outing of his young career, and he and catcher Henry Davis made history in the process. The duo became the first pitcher-catcher battery in MLB history made up of former No. 1 overall draft picks. Skenes, selected first in 2023, gave up just two runs — one earned — and struck out six over six strong innings to help snap the Pirates’ three-game skid.</p><p>The Pirates (6-11) jumped to an early lead when Ke’Bryan Hayes singled in Andrew McCutchen in the first inning. Two innings later, Bryan Reynolds drove in an RBI single following an Oneil Cruz double, pushing the lead to 2-0.</p><h2><b>Paul Skenes bouncing back</b></h2><p>The 22-year-old <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/cardinals-news-bash-paul-skenes-career-worst-start">Skenes, who struggled with a career-worst five runs allowed in a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals</a> last week had little trouble against the Nationals. His only real challenge came from Pittsburgh’s defense, including his own. Skenes committed two errors on errant pickoff attempts, the second of which allowed an unearned run in the sixth inning.</p><p>By then, the Pirates had surged to a comfortable lead, a refreshing change after a rough start to the season filled with mistakes both on and off the field. Oneil Cruz sparked the offense with two hits and two runs scored while batting leadoff.</p><p>Enmanuel Valdez and Ke’Bryan Hayes each knocked in three runs, and Bryan Reynolds drove in two. Andrew McCutchen added a hit and made a remarkable sliding grab in right field, diving to the PNC Park turf to rob Keibert Ruiz of a hit in the sixth inning.</p><p>The Pirates erupted for three runs in the fifth, including a two-run single from Valdez. 10 runs is a season-high for the Pirates as they entered Monday ranked 25th in the majors for runs scored.</p><p>The series continues Tuesday as the Nationals’ Jake Irvin (0-0, 5.63 ERA) takes on the Pirates’ Mitch Keller.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul Skenes sends powerful Andrew McCutchen message after Nationals game

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He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have arguably the most must-see starting pitcher in MLB today, but they remain mired in irrelevance following a 5-9 start to the 2025 campaign. While there is plenty of time to gain momentum, fans have come to expect <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-paul-skenes-calls-out-players-sell-team-chants">these type of shortcomings</a>. The Buccos need a spark, and they are hoping a former coveted prospect can provide it.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/AlexJStumpf/status/1911076525660680327" rel="noopener">Pittsburgh is recalling</a> the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft, catcher Henry Davis, per MLB.com’s Alex Stumpf. “No word on the corresponding move yet,” the beat reporter posted on X. “Joey Bart exited Friday’s game with low back discomfort.”</p><p>Bart is slashing a respectable .275/.370/.425/.795 through 12 games and recently <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/joey-barts-hilarious-reaction-to-first-career-walk-off-vs-cardinals">recorded a walk-off hit</a>, so losing him to the injured list would be a rough break. The Pirates are currently hitting an MLB-worst .194 and cannot afford to lose productivity. Davis has struggled in that area himself, posting a paltry .191 batting average through 99 big-league games, but perhaps he is ready to make strides.</p><h2><b>The Pirates are desperate for some positivity<br></b></h2><p>The 25-year-old out of Louisville showed signs of improvement during spring training, notching two home runs, five RBIs and a .472 slugging percentage in 36 at-bats. How one performs in Grapefruit League play generally means little, but a solid showing could be the confidence boost Davis needs to start fulfilling his potential. The momentum has carried into Triple-A Indianapolis, where he is batting .286 with three doubles and five runs scored through eight games this season.</p><p>If Davis and Pittsburgh have their way, he will not log another plate appearance for the Indians. This franchise has struggled to identify and develop talent for the last several years, putting general manager Ben Cherington under heavy scrutiny, but a swift individual breakthrough could form a promising foundation in Pittsburgh.</p><p>A prosperous Paul Skenes-Henry Davis battery is something fans in PNC Park want to see for the next decade. It feels like an eternity since fantasies turned into reality around these parts, though.</p><p>Davis is on his way to Great American Ball Park ahead of the Pirates’ Saturday night game versus the Cincinnati Reds (6-8). He will try to make the most of his latest opportunity, as this last-place team searches for answers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pirates’ latest roster move will catch Paul Skenes’ attention

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/joey-barts-hilarious-reaction-to-first-career-walk-off-vs-cardinals');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joey Bart’s hilarious reaction to first career walk-off vs. Cardinals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Joey-Bart-cover.jpg"></figure><h1>Joey Bart’s hilarious reaction to first career walk-off vs. Cardinals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-09T20:02:14-07:00">April 9th, 8:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-09T20:02:14-07:00">April 9th, 8:02pm</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Joey Bart didn’t just deliver a walk-off win — he delivered a postgame quote that’s already becoming legend in Pittsburgh. “Chest hair, gut’s out. Bucs win, baby. C’mon!” Bart shouted after smacking a walk-off single in the 13th inning of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/cardinals-vs-pirates-prediction-odds-pick-4-9-2025">Pirates’ 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals</a> on Wednesday at PNC Park.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Chest hair, gut's out. Bucs win, baby. Cmon!" 🤣 </p><p>Joey Bart speaks following his first career walk-off hit 🏴‍☠️ <a href="https://twitter.com/mearshannah_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mearshannah_</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RaiseIt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RaiseIt</a> <a href="https://t.co/s8MthoaUWu">pic.twitter.com/s8MthoaUWu</a></p><p>— SportsNet Pittsburgh (@SNPittsburgh) <a href="https://twitter.com/SNPittsburgh/status/1910062805136400839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The hit marked the first walk-off of Bart’s MLB career — and it capped a wild afternoon of gritty baseball that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pirates-news-paul-skenes-calls-out-players-sell-team-chants">earned the Pirates their first series win of the season.</a> Bart’s deep fly to left drove in Andrew McCutchen from third, snapping a tense 3-hour, 23-minute marathon. And after 13 innings of squatting behind the plate, Bart <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401695068" rel="noopener">had no problem going all in to end it.</a></p><p>“It was just best on best in that situation,” Bart said. “I was probably as loose as I was all day… Luckily, I got a ball in the air. I was just glad it was far enough to get a run across.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Raise the Jolly Roger 🏴‍☠️</p><p>Joey Bart wins it for the <a href="https://twitter.com/Pirates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pirates</a> in the 13th inning! <a href="https://t.co/dRXYu0Ba0L">pic.twitter.com/dRXYu0Ba0L</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1910060641722773691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Pirates walk off the Cardinals after a chaotic day</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Joey-Bart.jpg"><figcaption>Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The game featured everything: stellar pitching, aggressive baserunning, clutch defense — and, of course, some chaotic moments. Pirates starter Mitch Keller rebounded from a rough outing against the Yankees to throw seven shutout innings with five strikeouts and three hits allowed. He notched his 700th career strikeout along the way, becoming the fastest pitcher in club history to reach that mark in terms of innings pitched (718 1/3), breaking Bob Veale’s record.</p><p>“You could just tell that was the kind of game it was going to be from the jump,” Keller said. “Really happy about it. More excited about the team win today.”</p><p>The Pirates got key defensive plays throughout the game, none more head-turning than Ke’Bryan Hayes’ alert tag at the plate in the eighth. After a high pop-up landed between Bart and Endy Rodriguez, Hayes swooped in to tag out Thomas Saggese before he could score.</p><p>“You want to talk about an 80-grade play in awareness?” manager Derek Shelton said. “That’s it.”</p><p>Bart admitted he was as confused as anyone.</p><p>“I don’t even know what happened,” he said. “I didn’t know who I hit. I didn’t see the ball. I don’t think anyone saw the ball.”</p><p>The Cardinals scored first in the 12th, but Tommy Pham tied the game with a two-out RBI single to left. Pham also threw out a runner at home earlier, preserving the tie in extras.</p><p>Bart nearly ended the game in the 11th with a single to right, but Lars Nootbaar threw out Alexander Canario at the plate. One inning later, Bart made sure no one could stop him — not even the wind swirling at chilly PNC Park.</p><p>“Sometimes they’re not pretty,” Shelton said, “but we’ll take it.”</p><p>And Bart? He’ll take the win — shirtless if he has to.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joey Bart’s hilarious reaction to first career walk-off vs. Cardinals

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She enjoys writing about music, lifestyle, film, and television. When she's not writing, she is trying the newest makeup trend, reading a romance novel, or planning her next trip. She is also a proud member of the BeyHive.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Celebrity</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Livvy Dunne and Paul Skenes have a lot in common other than their natural athletic abilities but even the pair has some differences when it comes to taking out their credit card. The LSU gymnast spoke to Us Weekly recently when she shared how her <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/livvy-dunne-says-paul-skenes-spends-more-money-in-their-relationship-page/" rel="noopener">spending habits differ from her boyfriend.</a></p><p>“I would definitely say I am frugal with my money,” Livvy told Us. “I enjoy splurging on experiences and being able to do things with people, like my family. Or maybe an experience with my boyfriend Paul.”</p><p>Skenes is a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pirates-news-paul-skenes-has-jokes-after-gq-photoshoot-with-livvy-dunne" rel="noopener">couple has been dating since the summer of 2023.</a> Dunne shared that he is a bit less tight on his purse strings.</p><p>“Paul likes to spend a little bit more,” Livvy said of her boyfriend.</p><p>Skenes signed a contract with the Pirates in 2023 that includes a $9.2 million signing bonus and a base salary of about $875,000 for the 2025 season.</p><p>While Dunne likes to spend less, she definitely has it to spend. The LSU gymnast is the highest-paid women’s NIL athlete, and the fourth in all sports including men. According to Parade, the gymnast’s net worth to be in the <a href="https://parade.com/celebrities/olivia-dunne-net-worth" rel="noopener">$6 million range in 2025.</a></p><p>“Because I’m a college kid and I have NIL in my life and I’m blessed with all these opportunities and I have this money at a young age, I think people think that I act a certain way,” Livvy explained. “But I really don’t. I like to do things with my family, my teammates. I like to splurge on my loved ones. I think that’s something that’s a little bit misunderstood.”</p><p>She continued, “If you look around at some of these other NIL athletes, it’s like Lamborghinis and these huge purchases. But I like to save.”</p><h2>Livvy Dune on spending habits and future with Paul Skenes</h2><p>The LSU athlete graduated from the university in December 2024 but is eligible to compete in what would be her fifth and final NCAA competition. However, she recently suffered an avulsion fracture in her kneecap so her stepping onto the mat is unlikely. However, Livvy is still living out her final moments as a college student and wants be as “normal” as possible.</p><p>“Because I’m a college kid and I have NIL in my life and I’m blessed with all these opportunities and I have this money at a young age, I think people think that I act a certain way,” Livvy explained. “But I really don’t. I like to do things with my family, my teammates. I like to splurge on my loved ones. I think that’s something that’s a little bit misunderstood.”</p><p>She continued, “If you look around at some of these other NIL athletes, it’s like Lamborghinis and these huge purchases. But I like to save.”</p><p>While her LSU days will soon just be a memory, she spoke to PEOPLE recently on how <a href="https://people.com/olivia-dunne-reveals-plans-after-gymnastics-with-boyfriend-paul-skenes-exclusive-11707828" rel="noopener">she is excited for her future</a> with the MLB star.</p><p>“I’m super excited to be able to spend time with Paul,” she says. “I’ve always had to train during my summers and stuff… So to be able to not have to do gymnastics training and be able to spend more time in Pittsburgh with Paul enjoying the baseball season, I’m looking forward to that.”</p><p>“And hopefully the Pirates can turn things around,” she continued of her Skenes’ team. “They did not have the best series against the Marlins, but I’m excited to see what Paul can do and how his mindset and his leadership role can help the Pirates win.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

What Livvy Dunne claims Paul Skenes likes to do ‘a little more’ than her

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Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The St. Louis Cardinals got the bats going against the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday. St. Louis pummeled Pirates ace Paul Skenes, en route to a 5-3 victory at PNC Park.</p><p>It turned out to be <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44595652/pirates-skenes-career-worst-5-runs-loss-cardinals" rel="noopener">the worst performance</a> from Skenes in his Major League Baseball career.</p><p>“It’s not like they hit the ball into the river or anything like that,” Skenes said after giving up five runs, per ESPN. “They just found some holes and I got behind in some counts and kind of let them get good swings off. Not going to sweat it. It is what it is.”</p><p>In 26 MLB starts, Skenes had never allowed five runs in an outing. That run is now over, as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pirates-news-paul-skenes-calls-out-players-sell-team-chants">the Pirates fell to 4-8 on the year</a> following a cold game in Pittsburgh.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/cardinals-news-ivan-herrera-strong-message-cardinals-fans-unfortunate-injury">The Cardinals are looking to stop a skid</a>. St. Louis had lost six of their last seven games, before the victory over Skenes.</p><h2><b>The Cardinals got the offense going early against Paul Skenes</b></h2><p>St. Louis scored three runs in the third inning, to keep Skenes off-balance. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pirates-news-paul-skenes-learning-pitches-adding-2-more">The Pirates pitcher is mixing in some new pitches</a> to his repertoire this season. The Cardinals attacked him throughout his outing Tuesday, working aggressively against him and grinding out singles that led to runs.</p><p>“We haven’t seen a lot of rough ones [from him],” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. “But everything that has been on his plate, he’s handled very well. I expect him to come out the next time and be what we expect.”</p><p>This season, Skenes holds a 3.44 ERA after three starts. He has allowed seven runs, with five of them coming on Tuesday.</p><p>Skenes said his pitches struggled to hit the sweet spots around the plate.</p><p>“It’s funny, a lot of the times you get away with those,” Skenes said about throws that got to the middle of the plate. “Just didn’t get away with them today. Kind of is what it is.”</p><p>The Cardinals and Pirates play again on Wednesday afternoon. Following Tuesday’s win, St. Louis is now 5-6 on the campaign.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals bash Paul Skenes in career-worst start

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-paul-skenes-calls-out-players-sell-team-chants');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pirates’ Paul Skenes calls out players amid ‘sell the team’ chants');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pittsburgh-Pirates-pitcher-Paul-Skenes-looks-on.jpg"><figcaption>© Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Pirates’ Paul Skenes calls out players amid ‘sell the team’ chants</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-06T08:34:55-07:00">April 6th, 8:34am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-06T08:35:17-07:00">April 6th, 8:35am</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Pittsburgh Pirates star hurler Paul Skenes understands the anger fans are feeling. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-more-home-run-history-vs-pirates">The Pirates look dead in the water</a>, just nine games into the season. Fans are screaming for Pirates owner Bob Nutting to sell the team.</p><p>Skenes isn’t ready yet to <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44548416/pirates-start-players-not-management" rel="noopener">place the blame</a> at the owner or manager Derek Shelton’s feet.</p><p>“Mr. Nutting and Shelty aren’t the ones playing,” Skenes said Saturday, per ESPN. “We’re the ones playing. If we were 8-0 through however many games we’ve played right now, the fans aren’t booing. We’ve got to play better.”</p><p>The Pirates are 2-7 on the year and have been beaten soundly by the New York Yankees in two games of that series. Pittsburgh also struggled against Miami to open the year. Skenes has been steady, but there’s not much around him it seems to lift the Bucs.</p><p>“It’s a long season,” Skenes added. “I want to believe that it all evens out. But we aren’t getting these games back. We will go on a stretch where we will go … 7-2 or wherever we are right now in an opposite way.”</p><p>The Pirates play the Yankees again on Sunday.</p><h2><b>Paul Skenes is hoping to find success with the Pirates</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Paul-Skenes-pitches-during-spring-training-2.jpg"><figcaption>Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pirates-paul-skenes-makes-eye-popping-mlb-history-after-dominant-start-vs-rays">Skenes brought a lot of good will last season to the struggling Pirates</a> franchise. The hurler finished his rookie season in the Steel City as the National League Rookie of the Year. He also started for the NL in the 2024 All-Star game.</p><p>Those accolades are remarkable. It has been several years since the Pirates had a player that brought that much attention to the franchise. Barry Bonds may have been the last Pirates rookie to garner that much praise.</p><p>This offseason, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pirates-news-paul-skenes-learning-pitches-adding-2-more">Skenes worked hard to expand his pitching repertoire</a>. He worked on several pitches, including one he called a “splinker.” The goal was to bring Pittsburgh back to the playoffs after years of drought.</p><p>That splinker pitch seems to have kept Skenes throwing well. Skenes is 1-0 this season with a 1.46 ERA. He started the team’s Opening Day game against the Marlins, and allowed only three hits in 5 plus innings of work.</p><p>The Pirates haven’t done very well to support him. Pittsburgh’s bullpen failed on Opening Day to support Skenes, and Pittsburgh has allowed more that five runs this season in six of their nine games.</p><p>“I think pretty much everything has room to improve,” Skenes said. “We can play a lot better.”</p><p>The Pirates have their next chance to play better Sunday. Pittsburgh plays the Yankees at 1:35 ET, to try and avoid a sweep.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pirates’ Paul Skenes calls out players amid ‘sell the team’ chants

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/atlanta-braves/braves-news-land-catcher-trade-pirates');   ga('set', 'title', 'Braves land catcher in trade with Pirates');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Braves-GM-Alex-Anthopoulos.jpg"><figcaption>Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Braves land catcher in trade with Pirates</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T17:00:44-07:00">April 3rd, 5:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T18:04:41-07:00">April 3rd, 6:04pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Braves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta Braves (0-7) are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/braves-news-atlanta-angels-swing-early-season-trade">making one trade</a> after another in the first week of the 2025 MLB season, as they try to counteract their injury and performance concerns. General manager Alex Anthopoulos kept his eyes open for available talent on Thursday, <a href="https://x.com/Braves/status/1907922911018758410" rel="noopener">striking a deal</a> with the Pittsburgh Pirates for catcher Jason Delay, per the team’s X account.</p><p>Atlanta is acquiring the 29-year-old out of Vanderbilt in exchange for cash considerations, something the small-market Pirates are always willing to accept. Delay is being optioned to the Double-A  Columbus Clingstones. The 2017 fourth-round draft pick has a .231 batting average with two home runs and 35 RBIs in 134 MLB games.</p><p>Considering that 2023 All-Star Sean Murphy has yet to return from a fractured rib he suffered in spring training (making second rehab start on Thursday), and top prospect Drake Baldwin is still finding his way in the big leagues, it is important to have catching depth. Delay will be available to serve backup duties behind the plate if and when the Braves deem it necessary.</p><h2><b>Braves continue their early-season free-fall</b></h2><p>It looked like Atlanta’s offense finally awakened on Wednesday night, before catastrophe ultimately struck in Chavez Ravine. The ballclub sprinted to a 5-0 lead in the second inning, cruising toward its first victory of the season. Though, instead of getting into the win column and delivering the Los Angeles Dodgers their first loss of the year, the Braves surrendered six unanswered runs. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/braves-news-broadcast-shambles-shohei-ohtani-walk-off-0-7-start">Shohei Ohtani dealt the gut-wrenching blow</a> in the bottom of the ninth, courtesy of a 399-foot home run.</p><p>No team has ever made the playoffs after starting the season with an 0-7 record. This franchise runs on resilience, however. Atlanta carries a consistent presence in October because it knows how to survive dry spells and misfortune. Manager Brian Snitker guided a group marred by injuries and frigid bats into the postseason last year. The Braves might have to dig even deeper to overcome <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/braves-news-austin-riley-drops-embarrassing-truth-bomb-struggles">this brutal beginning</a> to the 2025 MLB campaign.</p><p>Alex Anthopoulos will keep thinking of affordable ways to potentially address the squad’s unsatisfactory condition. Following an unforgiving California road trip, Atlanta mercifully heads to Truist Park for their home-opening series against the Miami Marlins (4-3) starting on Friday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Braves land catcher in trade with Pirates

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Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Pittsburgh Pirates’ second-year pitcher <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pirates-news-paul-skenes-earning-serious-trust-mlb-world">Paul Skenes seems to be a hot commodity</a> on and off the diamond, and that was evident after GQ magazine published a story about him and his girlfriend, Livvy Dunne, who is a popular gymnast at Louisiana State University.</p><p>Not only did the story cover angles of the relationship as far as how they met, and how they manage to keep the spark with work, school, and social media, but they were also able to show off their style in the photoshoot. Funny enough, Skenes <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DH9_L_TOaVA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" rel="noopener">had an honest realization</a> about GQ.</p><p>“I’m gonna get some flack in the locker room, I didn’t know what GQ was until the offer,” Skenes said. “Did you guys think I looked good?”</p><p>Luckily for Skenes, he doesn’t get paid to keep up with magazines, but he does get paid to be a good pitcher. He’s coming off a rookie season where he went 11-3 with a 1.96 ERA. He was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/phillies-news-zack-wheeler-predicted-paul-skenes-nl-cy-young">named the NL Rookie of the Year</a> and finished third in NL Cy Young voting.</p><p>He recently just led the Pirates to a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay Rays where he recorded six strikeouts without a walk in seven innings.</p><p>Skenes spoke about how Dunne has <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/why-the-algorithm-loves-livvy-dunne-and-paul-skenes" rel="noopener">helped him to embrace</a> the spotlight while still playing at a high level.</p><p>“I view it as, it’s not my job to take pictures with these people, it’s my job to throw, and them wanting to take pictures is getting in the way of that,” Skenes said via GQ. “But she always handles everything very well — she’s very comfortable to be around for other people who come up and ask to talk, that kind of thing.”</p><p>It’s good to have somebody supportive of you as Skenes has with Dunnes, and she probably makes his job easier.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pirates’ Paul Skenes has all the jokes after GQ photoshoot with Livvy Dunne

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-paul-skenes-makes-eye-popping-mlb-history-after-dominant-start-vs-rays');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pirates’ Paul Skenes makes eye-popping MLB history after dominant start vs. Rays');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pirates-news-Paul-Skenes-makes-eye-popping-MLB-history-after-dominant-start-vs-Rays.jpg"></figure><h1>Pirates’ Paul Skenes makes eye-popping MLB history after dominant start vs. Rays</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T21:41:51-07:00">April 2nd, 9:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T21:55:23-07:00">April 2nd, 9:55pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While the Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t very good in 2025, with the team sitting not-so-pretty with a 2-5 record in the National League Central Division, one of the lone bright spots of the season so far has been<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pirates-news-paul-skenes-earning-serious-trust-mlb-world"> the play of Paul Skenes</a>, the first overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft.</p><p>Working his way up through the minor leagues at a feverish pace, Skenes made his MLB debut in 2024 and has been the focal point of the Pirates’ rotation ever since, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/how-paul-skenes-pitched-for-pirates-in-first-opening-day-start">earning the opening day start</a> for his efforts as a rookie.</p><p>And with 25 appearances at the MLB level officially on the books, Skenes’ accomplishments have begun to be judged against the annals of baseball history and <a href="https://x.com/Pirates/status/1907595313625321520" rel="noopener">they look darn good</a>, as the Pirates shared on their social media account.</p><p>In 2024, Skenes was one of the true focal points of the 2025 MLB season, with the rookie earning an 11-3 record with a WAR of 5.9 on his way to an All-Star selection, a spot in the Cy Young conversation, and the Rookie of the Year award. Though he’s yet to record a win in 2025, Skenes has played just as well, allowing just three hits and two runs in his lone start so far.</p><p>Will the Pirates be able to showcase Skenes’ talents to the MLB world over the next few months, highlighting that they might just have the best pitching prospect under the age of 25 in the world? From a winning perspective, probably not, but considering how effective he’s been on the mound so far during his professional career, Skenes’ starts might just become appointment viewing for baseball lovers, as he may become a Cy Young winner before his rookie contract comes to an end.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Paul Skenes is the first pitcher since earned runs became an official statistic to post a sub-2.00 ERA with 175+ strikeouts over their first 25 MLB appearances. <a href="https://t.co/mYn7LnJrnO">pic.twitter.com/mYn7LnJrnO</a></p><p>— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/1907595313625321520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pirates’ Paul Skenes makes eye-popping MLB history after dominant start vs. Rays

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-pittsburgh-shockingly-options-2-time-all-star-triple-a');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pirates shockingly option 2-time All-Star to Triple-A');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pirates-David-Bednar.jpeg"></figure><h1>Pirates shockingly option 2-time All-Star to Triple-A</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-01T13:55:15-07:00">April 1st, 1:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-01T14:27:14-07:00">April 1st, 2:27pm</time><address><a>Scotty White</a>Scotty White is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has been in the sports journalism industry since 2020. He has covered athletics at the University of Michigan and is now serving as an Associate Editor, Chicago Bulls beat writer, and Michigan football reporter at ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Pittsburgh Pirates <a href="https://x.com/ByRobertMurray/status/1907157995966148935" rel="noopener">made some roster moves</a> on Tuesday, and they are surprisingly sending relief pitcher David Bednar down to Triple-A. Bednar is a two-time All-Star and he has spent seven seasons in MLB. Bednar has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-paul-skenes-earning-serious-trust-mlb-world">been with the Pirates</a> since 2021, and he has been a good option out of the bullpen. He has a 3.45 career ERA, but he is off to a rough start this season as he has given up three runs in three appearances.</p><p>“Sources: The Pirates are optioning closer David Bednar to Triple-A,” Robert Murray said in a post. “Bednar, who made the All-Star team in 2022 and 2023, struggled in 2024 and has allowed three earned runs in three appearances this season.”</p><p>The Pirates <a href="https://x.com/Pirates/status/1907158116178804822" rel="noopener">are adding</a> pitcher Thomas Harrington to the roster, and catcher Jason Delay has been designated for assignment to help make room.</p><p>“We have selected the contract of RHP Thomas Harrington to the 26-man Major League roster,” the Pirates said in a post. “C Jason Delay has been designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster, and RHP David Bednar has been optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis to make room on the 26-man active roster.”</p><p>David Bednar has been with the Pirates for almost his entire career, but he did spend his first two MLB seasons with the San Diego Padres. Bednar had an ERA below 2.65 in each of his first three seasons with the Pirates, but he finished last season at 5.77 after giving up 37 earned runs in 62 games.</p><p>After the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/miami-marlins/marlins-news-marlins-rookie-kyle-stowers-electric-1st-walk-off-2025-vs-pirates">rough start to the season, the Pirates have decided to send Bednar down</a>. It is a bit of a surprising move, but a stint in Triple-A could be exactly what Bednar needs to get his groove back. It will be interesting to see how he does in Indianapolis and if he can quickly work his way back to Pittsburgh.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pirates shockingly option 2-time All-Star to Triple-A

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Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Despite entering only his second season in MLB, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is highly thought of among MLB players, fans, and media members.</p><p>Skenes’ dominant rookie season turned heads, and although he is just 22 years old and has fewer than 25 games in the majors and zero in the playoffs, most executives and scouts polled by ESPN for its 2025 season survey chose Skenes as the pitcher <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/44414613/2025-mlb-season-survey-baseball-insiders-predict-breakouts-trades-ohtani-skenes-red-sox-braves-phillies" rel="noopener">they would most</a> trust in a must-win game.</p><p>The second-year pitcher earned eight of the 17 votes, beating out the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-news-zack-wheeler-predicted-paul-skenes-nl-cy-young">Philadelphia Phillies’ Zack Wheeler</a> (3), Atlanta Braves’ Spencer Strider and Chris Sale (2 and 2), and Detroit Tigers’ Tarik Skubal (2).</p><p>“I’m only picking Skenes because he doesn’t look or act anything like a 22-year-old pitcher,” said an NL executive, via ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. “Even without the experience, I’d take him for one game.”</p><p>An AL executive said Skenes “wasn’t a hard pick.”</p><p>Last year, Skenes finished third in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-paul-skenes-pick-nl-cy-young-award">the NL Cy Young Award </a>voting, only behind Wheeler and winner Sale, both of whom comprised all of the first-place votes. Skenes was the most popular third-place votegetter and received one second-place vote.</p><p>Skenes, the No. 1 overall selection in the 2023 MLB Draft, was expected to be good. After all, he had powered LSU to a national championship that year with a furious fastball, which helped him go 13-2 with an ERA of 1.69 and 209 strikeouts, the latter of which broke both LSU and SEC records. However, most did not think Skenes could be as good as quickly as he proved himself to be.</p><p>While Skenes’ debut, a four-inning outing, did not get to show his full potential, his second appearance was dazzling. On May 17, Skenes allowed zero hits, walked one, and struck out 11 against the Chicago Cubs. Skenes, who similarly no-hit the Milwaukee Brewers in seven innings pitched on July 11, had an unblemished record for the most two months of his MLB career, during which he had a 1.90 ERA.</p><p>Unsurprisingly, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/how-paul-skenes-pitched-for-pirates-in-first-opening-day-start">Skenes was named the Pirates’ Opening Day starter</a>, making him the fastest No. 1 pick to achieve the honor, and in the season debut, he struck out seven and allowed two earned runs over 5.1 innings. When Skenes exited the game, Pittsburgh led 4-1. One of the runners he left on base scored after he was replaced, and the Pirates two runs in the eighth and another in the ninth to lose 5-4 to the Miami Marlins.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pirates ace Paul Skenes already earning serious trust around MLB world

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2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
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