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No. 1 Draft pick Skenes gets promoted to Double-A

Baseball
Published 21.08.2023
No. 1 Draft pick Skenes gets promoted to Double-A

No. 1 Draft decide Paul Skenes is already on his method to Double-A. The hard-throwing right-hander is being promoted to Altoona and is predicted to make his first outing for them on Saturday, the Pirates introduced on Monday.

The 21-year-old Skenes — ranked by MLB Pipeline because the No. 3 prospect in baseball — had made simply two begins for Single-A Bradenton after being taken as the highest total decide within the 2023 Draft in July. He allowed just one hit in these two appearances and no runs whereas placing out 4, and the Pirates noticed sufficient to maneuver him up.

Skenes was clocked over 98 mph 4 instances in his newest outing on Sunday, touching 98.8 on his twenty fifth pitch of the day. He threw a complete of 28 pitches — 19 strikes.