Amidst winning his second Cy Young award , rumors began spreading that Pittsburgh Pirates superstar Paul Skenes wanted a trade to the Yankees . Skenes wasn't a big fan of it.

While the Pirates haven't won much in his tenure, Skenes is still focused on succeeding in Pittsburgh. He admits the initial rumor caused frustration , although he is over the situation now, via the Dan Patrick Show.

“I was frustrated for a couple hours, and then kind of got over it. It is what it is,” Skenes said. “There's stuff that is going to come out, both good and bad. Obviously it's not true.”

“The hardest part of leaving Air Force for me, was we had just won a conference championship; the first one in the school's history. We had built that,” he continued. “It felt like there was unfinished work tha

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