On Wednesday, hours before he was announced as the National League Cy Young Award winner and the Pirates’ first winner since 1990, someone showed Paul Skenes a post on X.

The post, from NJ.com Yankees reporter Randy Miller, read “Paul Skenes telling teammates he wants to play for Yankees, and Pirates ‘understand it,’” with a link to an NJ.com article.

Paul Skenes telling teammates he wants to play for Yankees, and Pirates ‘understand it’ https://t.co/A1Bh6Qh3L8

— Randy Miller (@RandyJMiller) November 12, 2025

Skenes “didn’t think much of it,” in his words. But online, the day that should have been dedicated to Skenes’ Cy Young coronation was now dominated by the rumor he wanted to leave.

In the NJ Advance Media article, an unnamed teammate from the 2024 and 2025 Pirates told Miller th

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