PHILADELPHIA — Pirates starter Paul Skenes laughed when a reporter asked what he thought about Mick Abel’s MLB debut.
“I’m sorry. I’m not the right guy to ask,” Skenes said.
Skenes, the best young pitcher in baseball and one of the game’s biggest stars, is as regimented as it gets. He does not stay in the dugout to watch his team go up to bat. Maybe it’s for the better.
His Pirates have lost all of his last four starts. He turned in his best outing of the year against the Phillies, but did not get any run support.