In a milestone moment for Major League Baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates made history Monday night by fielding the first-ever battery consisting of two No. 1 overall draft picks, with 2023 top ...

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In his first Major League at-bat, the 27-year-old crushed a 434-foot home run off Los Angeles Angels left-hander Tyler Anderson, extending the Pirates' lead to 3-0.

Pittsburgh Pirates’ ace Paul Skenes has been recognized as one of the elite players in Major League Baseball, landing in the top five of ESPN’s MLB Rank 2025: Top 100 Baseball Players.

Gorski hit 24 homers with 108 RBIs and .306 batting average over three seasons for the Hoosiers (2017-19) before the Pirates selected him in the second round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.