Paul Skenes took just 10 months to go from No. 1 overall pick to a major league horse, an ace whose dominance and staying ...

So this may be harder on his teammates or the San Diego fanbase than Merrill himself: Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes was named the NL’s top rookie as the Baseball Writers’ Association ... Before the ...

Skenes is the first NL starting pitcher to win the award since another flame-throwing righty, the New York Mets’ Jacob deGrom, won in 2014.

Pitcher CC Sabathia and outfielder Ichiro Suzuki are among 14 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot, joining 14 holdovers led by reliever Billy Wagner.