Skenes earned 23 of 30 first-place votes and 136 points to beat out fellow finalists in San Diego Padres outfielder Jackson Merrill and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio. The other seven first-place votes went to Merrill, who placed second in ...

Paul Skenes took just 10 months to go from No. 1 overall pick to a major league horse, an ace whose dominance and staying power past the sixth inning seemed to hail from a bygone era. Monday night, the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander’s dominance was rewarded with the National League Rookie of the Year award.