There’s something both exhilarating and deeply depressing about the latest World Baseball Classic news if you’re a Pittsburgh Pirates fan.
On one hand, Paul Skenes — our Paul Skenes — is taking the mound for Team USA alongside two of the biggest pitching stars in the sport: Tarik Skubal, a two-time American League Cy Young winner who is the best left-handed pitcher on the planet, and David Bednar, a former Pirates fan favorite now closing games in pinstripes for the New York Yankees.
That trio should be must-see television. That trio screams dominance.