India, Nov. 13 -- Pittsburgh Pirates star Paul Skenes received the NL Cy Young Award for the 2025 MLB season. Having enjoyed a good season last year, the 23-year-old shines again in the latest season, becoming the fifth-youngest pitcher to claim this award, as per MLB.com.

This is an exceptional achievement, as Skenes was named the Rookie of the Year for his debut season last year and has followed it with a Cy Young Award-winning season. His stats tell the story of his success in this year's campaign.

Skenes recorded a 1.97 ERA, striking out 216 batters over 187 2/3 innings in the past season. He also had a 0.95 WHIP and a strikeout-minus-walk rate of 23.7 percent.

It gets even better as his ERA was the lowest for a Pirate in the Live ...