Paul Skenes' Pittsburgh Pirates may not have the brightest long-term outlook, but he insists he's not trying to jump ship.

Last week, NJ Advance Media's Randy Miller reported that an anonymous Pirates teammate said Skenes couldn't wait to join the New York Yankees, and would even prefer a trade there before he's scheduled to become a free agent in four years. It could hardly have been worse timing for Skenes, who was named the National League's Cy Young Award winner on the same day.

While the Pirates one day paying Skenes exactly what he's worth may be unlikely, Skenes wanted it to be known in the immediate aftermath of the report that he had no intention of forcing his way out of Pittsburgh, to the Yankees or elsewhere. On Tuesday, after some time to digest the situation, Skenes doubl

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