Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said on 93.7 The Fan that the Pirates have a 'one percent' chance of signing Skenes to an extension.

Paul Skenes made an interesting bit of history in the first-half of the season and it’s all because the Pittsburgh

On Tuesday night in Atlanta, Georgia, to begin the 2025 MLB All-Star Game at Truist Park, Skenes shut the American League down. Starting his second consecutive All-Star Game, the only pitcher in MLB history to start the game in his first two seasons, Skenes sent down the AL 1-2-3.