“Monster Pitcher” Paul Skins (22, Pittsburgh Pirates) was selected as the 2024 MLB National League Rookie of the Year.
According to MLB.COM on the 19th (Korea Standard Time), Skins won 23 votes for first place and seven votes for second place, beating San Diego Padres outfielder Jackson Merrill, who received seven votes for first place and 23 votes for second place.
Skins, a right-hander who joined Pittsburgh as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Rookie Draft, made his big league debut on May 12 this year, throwing fast balls over 160 kilometers per hour and taking the mound in 23 games with an impressive 11-3 record, 1.96 ERA and 170 strikeouts.
토토사이트 explained, “Skins is the first pitcher to have a one-run ERA with more than 170 strikeouts since 1913, when the ERA became an official record.”
Skins also became the first rookie pitcher to start this year’s All-Star Game in 29 years since Hideo Nomo in 1995.
By winning the Rookie of the Year award, Skins will be able to pocket at least 30 million dollars more. If he had not been named the Rookie of the Year award, he would have had 142 days of service time in the MLB, instead of a year, become a free agent after the 2030 season. Skins was called up to the big leagues in May this year. For this reason, critics say that Pittsburgh is delaying his acquisition of free agent status. He will be recognized as one year only when he completes 172 days. To become a free agent, he has to play six full seasons. Hence, if he completes five more seasons, he will become a free agent.
If Skins achieves the same performance this year, his FA value is expected to exceed at least $30 million in average annual salary.