The Pittsburgh Pirates won only 76 games last year. But excitement is brewing around the Steel City’s baseball team for the first time in a decade. They have a superstar pitcher in former first-overall pick Paul Skenes and the Pirates have a chance at the playoffs because of it.

Pittsburgh right-hander Paul Skenes, the reigning National League Rookie of the Year award winner, will be the youngest pitcher in 11 years to start a season opener when he takes the mound for the Pirates next week.

The best thing the Pittsburgh Pirates have done in the last decade is be bad enough to get the opportunity to draft a generational talent like Paul Skenes. Skenes exploded on the scene in his first season with the Pirates,