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Last August, Pittsburgh Pirates No. 1 wide draught prime Paul Skenes confirmed that he and Olivia Dunne were officially dating.
Skenes dubbed it a "small world type of thing," arsenic some of them are LSU Tigers. Skenes was connected nan College World Series title squad past year, while Dunne and nan gymnastics squad won nan nationalist title this past weekend.
Skenes is lighting up nan insignificant leagues, consistently clocking successful astatine 100-plus mph and striking retired 34 batters successful his 17.0 innings of work, while posting a minuscule ERA of 0.53.
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Olivia Dunne and Paul Skenes, right, person been linked to each other. (Getty Images)
Oh, and contempt being drafted little than a twelvemonth ago, those numbers are successful Triple-A, truthful he's simply conscionable 1 telephone telephone distant from heading to nan large leagues.
Dunne admits she has "no clue" erstwhile that telephone will come, but she must person a emotion it's coming up.
"I dream soon! I'm starting to get each my merch ready. I person my outfits picked out," she told TMZ Sports while astatine Raising Cane's connected Tuesday.
"He's a awesome guy, and we support each different done everything. He decidedly makes maine a amended person," she added.
In his last play astatine LSU, he posted a 1.69 ERA while striking retired 209 batters successful 122.2 innings. He besides had a WHIP of 0.75.
The Pirates were an early astonishment past twelvemonth earlier falling disconnected and finishing astatine 76-86. Things are truthful acold truthful bully this year, though, arsenic they are 13-11, albeit successful a reliable NL Central successful nan early going (they're successful 4th place, but beryllium 2.0 games backmost of nan lead).
Paul Skenes #30 of nan Pittsburgh Pirates pitches during a outpouring training crippled against nan Baltimore Orioles astatine Ed Smith Stadium connected February 29, 2024 successful Sarasota, Florida. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
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Their starters don't precisely request Skenes' thief correct now, arsenic they've mixed to transportation to a 3.64 ERA. Skenes is besides connected a spot of an innings restriction, 1 he isn't peculiarly happy with.
The 17 innings person travel successful a expansive full of 5 starts, meaning he's averaging little than 4.0 innings per start, a acold outcry from nan six-plus innings he averaged astatine LSU.
He's been dominant, having not allowed an earned run until Wednesday afternoon. But, Skenes is portion of nan semipermanent early successful a rebuilding Pirates team.
"We don’t want to spell from 0 to 100 correct away," Pittsburgh GM Ben Cherington precocious said connected nan power past weekend, via MLB.com. "Paul’s truthful important to america long-term, truthful we want to beryllium really thoughtful astir that."
Paul Skenes #20 of nan LSU Tigers celebrates aft defeating nan Florida Gators 18-4 successful Game 3 of nan Division I Men's Baseball Championship held astatine Charles Schwab Field connected June 26, 2023 successful Omaha, Nebraska. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
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"I wasn’t happy," he said aft being taken retired successful nan 4th inning past week. "But…it’s complete my head."
But, Skenes' projections are looking rather each right, and it judge seems for illustration Dunne will beryllium connected nan first formation to wherever he makes his MLB debut.
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