Paul Skenes spent last season pitching on a razor's edge, aware that one mistake could tilt the balance of a game, no matter how masterful the Pittsburgh Pirates ace might be. The offense that struggled to score whenever Skenes took the hill in 2025 — the main reason he had a 10-10 record alongside the 1.97 ERA that won him the National League Cy Young Award — has been transformed, both in personnel and in production, in 2026. It reached the point during a 16-5 victory over Washington on Monday night that Skenes was sort of hoping the Pirates would stop hitting during a 10-run sixth, if only so he could get back to work.
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