The Chicago Cubs—who spent most of the 2025 season’s first half atop the NL Central—have gone 5-5 in their last ten games, allowing the Milwaukee Brewers to climb into first place, while sending North Side fans into their traditional mid-summer tizzy. And pitching is the main culprit.

Pittsburgh Pirates' young pitcher Paul Skenes has started his Major League Baseball career in a way that no one has seen before. In MLB history, many promising talents have emerged

MLB World Reacts to Paul Skenes News on Saturday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Pittsburgh Pirates suffered a sluggish 10–1 defeat to the Chicago White Sox on Friday night in their first game back from the All-Star break.

The Pirates star pitcher took much of Tuesday afternoon to spend time with a 9-year-old pitcher from Maine who had a wish to meet Paul Skenes

Livvy Dunne and her boyfriend, Paul Skenes, have their summer goals locked in new photos- catching flights, beachy days, and endless vacations. In a new Instagram post, the gymnast was an ultimate beach babe in sets of bikinis as she appeared to lose track of time on another sandy retreat with Skenes.

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Livvy Dunne and her boyfriend, Paul Skenes, have their summer goals locked in new photos- catching flights, beachy days, and endless vacations. In a new Instagram post, the gymnast was an ultimate beach babe in sets of bikinis as she appeared to lose track of time on another sandy retreat with Skenes.