Instead, Pittsburgh lets Skenes shine brightly while failing to help him out much at all. It's a "Paul Skenes Special" at this point, and not in a good way. Skenes is brilliant. The rest of the Pirates are putrid. And if that doesn't change, Skenes will soon enough be pitching for someone else.

Major League Baseball All-Stars were announced on Sunday, and for the second year in a row, Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes is one of the headliners for the National League team.