The Pirates third starter, left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter, will start in the series opener on July 4 and then the fifth starter, rookie right-handed pitcher Mike Burrows, starts on July 5, according to José Negron of DK Pittsburgh Sports.

Skenes told reporters that he went out to talk with the crew because he was bored and added that he might have been researching his next career, telling the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Noah Hiles he would love to cut grass when his baseball career is over.

Skenes, who was drafted first in the 2023 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates and was promoted to the Major League at the start of last season, is having a tremendous year and was ranked first in MLB.com ’s June Cy Young Award poll.