PITTSBURGH (WBOY) — Pittsburgh Pirates star pitcher and 2024 National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes has made the cover of the popular baseball video game MLB: The Show 25.
The yearly series that lets you step onto the diamond as a player on your favorite baseball team announced its cover athletes on Monday; this is the first time in the series’ existence that more than one athlete will be on the same cover.
Skenes joins Cincinnati Reds Shortstop Elly De La Cruz and Baltimore Orioles Third-Baseman Gunnar Henderson on the cover. This is the first time since 2013 that any of these teams have made the cover in the U.S. when Pirates star Andrew McCutchen made the cut decked out in the Black and Gold. Former Pirate Jung-ho Kang also made the cover in 2016 for the game’s release in South Korea.
Early Access for MLB: The Show 25 opens up on March 14 with the full game set to release on March 18, just two weeks prior to the Pirates’ Opening Day game on April 4 against the New York Yankees.
