FanSided's MLB insider Robert Murray recently claimed the Pirates are failing their ace, Paul Skenes, by not spending to add talented hitters.

Skenes, the No. 1 pick in the draft in 2023, has earned the Opening Day start not even two years after getting selected.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are kicking off their 2025 campaign on Thursday afternoon with a clash against the Miami Marlins, and taking the mound for them in their opener is their ace, Paul Skenes. While there's excitement surrounding Skenes' first start of the new season, MLB insider Jeff Passan offered a worrying stance on his future.

MLB Opening Day is here, and as usual, baseball fans everywhere are excited about the season getting started. There are 14 games on the schedule for Opening Day, starting at 3:05 p.m. ET, and the last game taking place seven hours later with the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks in the Opening Day finale.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have one of the best players in baseball in pitcher Paul Skenes, but even early in his career, fans wonder how long he'll st

Training injury scare will keep him out for a chunk of the 2025 season, but he will not have to go under the knife for his right elbow discomfort. Senior director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said

Pirates P Paul Skenes already has an impact in MLB that extends far beyond the Pirates’ record on days he starts going into his first full season in the majors.

The sport has seen a flurry of rule adjustments in just the past decade and a half, with more on the horizon. America's pastime is looking a little different every year as technological innovations, society's shrinking attention span and big-money marketing concerns creep into Major League Baseball.