All Skeens became the National League's

Say Young Award winner.

Last night, he did so by unanimous selection,

the Baseball Writers Association of America,

and yet somehow, as only this kid

seems to be able to do, he still won up himself. Good morning to you. Good Thursday morning.

I'm Dan Kovachvich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. This is Daily Shot of Pirates. It comes your way bright

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penguins in the same place that you found this. There were 30 votes cast, and all 30 went to

skeins. Didn't matter that he played for a losing team.

Didn't matter that he almost finished with a 500 or below record, because, you know,

pitching wins don't matter anymore.

Certainly didn't matter that he was just a second year guy, hadn't really paid his dues

or climbed the ladder and all that other nonsense

that you've heard attached to various awards across various sports over the years. All that

mattered is that he was the best. He was undeniably, inarguably the best. And while I find it charming

that Major League Baseball still splits these awards between leagues,

even if the great Tarek scuba all of the Tigers had been head to head with skeens.

Sien still should have won the award and would have won the award, I believe.

I have long since run out of superlatives for everything about him, on the field, off the field,

intangibly, personally.

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