This article was originally published on www.si.com as Pirates Share Touching Moment Paul Skenes Learned of His 2025 All-Star Game Selection. Paul Skenes's day on the mound for the Pittsburgh Pirates was frustratingly familiar on Sunday.

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.