(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes was voted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America yesterday as one of three finalists for the 2025 National League Cy Young Award, which is given to the best pitcher in that league. This is the second year in a row that Skenes became a finalist for this award and he joins fellow finalists Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Skenes finished this year with statistics including a 10-10 record, a 1.97 ERA and 216 strikeouts through 32 starts and 187 and 2/3 innings, with one start as a complete game. Skenes’ 2025 ERA along with his 0.95 WHIP, 2.36 FIP and 217 ERA+ this year were all first among pitchers in the National League. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, if Skenes wins the 2025 National League Cy Young Award, he would be the fifth-youngest Cy Young Award winner. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America Awards’ broadcast for the Cy Young Award to announce the winners of that award for both leagues will be on the MLB Network on Wednesday, November 12th.