{"id":51093,"date":"2025-05-10T16:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=51093"},"modified":"2025-05-10T16:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:24:06","slug":"paul-skenes-reacts-to-derek-shelton-firing-with-a-quiet-message-for-the-pirates-front-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/paul-skenes-reacts-to-derek-shelton-firing-with-a-quiet-message-for-the-pirates-front-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Skenes Reacts to Derek Shelton Firing With a Quiet Message for the Pirates Front Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates made headlines for all the wrong reasons this week, parting ways with manager Derek Shelton amid a dismal 13-26 start to the 2025 season. While the move didn&rsquo;t come as a surprise, it still marked another low point for a franchise that continues to spin its wheels, and one of its brightest stars didn&rsquo;t hold back when asked about it.<\/p><p>Paul Skenes, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft and already the face of Pittsburgh&rsquo;s pitching staff, didn&rsquo;t sugarcoat his reaction.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;Unfortunately I wasn&rsquo;t shocked,&rdquo;<\/em> Skenes said, addressing reporters during the team&rsquo;s off day on Thursday, the same day Shelton was officially dismissed. <em>&ldquo;At the end of the day, I mean, we&rsquo;re 12-26. Someone&rsquo;s gotta be held accountable.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;Unfortunately, right now, it&rsquo;s him. That&rsquo;s just kind of how it goes.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS <br>reaction from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pirates?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#Pirates<\/a> Paul Skenes on managerial change <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7b1e90zSYo\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/7b1e90zSYo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 93.7 The Fan (@937theFan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/937theFan\/status\/1920934580187541621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>For a rookie just over a year into his Major League career, Skenes has quickly established himself as a leader, not just by how he pitches, but by the expectations he sets. Expectations that, frankly, the rest of the organization hasn&rsquo;t matched.<\/p><p><strong>ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/pirates-fans-show-up-for-paul-skenes-bobblehead-team-doesnt-show-up-at-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Pirates Fans Show Up for Paul Skenes Bobblehead, Team Doesn&rsquo;t Show Up at All<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;If nothing else, we&rsquo;re going to grow,&rdquo;<\/em> he said. <em>&ldquo;We better grow. If we don&rsquo;t grow, it&rsquo;s a completely lost season.&rdquo;<\/em> Skenes isn&rsquo;t the kind to vent publicly, but the message beneath his calm tone was clear: something needs to change, and fast.<\/p><p>He&rsquo;s already compiled a solid resume &ndash; NL Rookie of the Year, an All-Star Game start, Cy Young votes &ndash; and he&rsquo;s really just getting started. But watching that level of talent thrive in a system that refuses to invest in winning is as frustrating for fans as it likely is for him.<\/p><p>This firing won&rsquo;t fix the problems in Pittsburgh. It won&rsquo;t upgrade the roster, it won&rsquo;t spark spending, and it won&rsquo;t turn the team into contenders overnight. But for Skenes, a player who competes with purpose every time he takes the mound, it may just be the beginning of holding those above him accountable.<\/p><p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/does-firing-derek-shelton-actually-solve-the-pirates-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Does Firing Derek Shelton Actually Solve the Pirates&rsquo; Problems?<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>He wants to win. Whether the organization is ready to match that urgency remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I mean, we\u2019re 12-26&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":51108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6639,4685,4947],"class_list":["post-51093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-derek-shelton","tag-paul-skenes","tag-pirates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paul Skenes Reacts to Derek Shelton Firing With a Quiet Message for the Pirates Front Office - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After Derek Shelton&rsquo;s dismissal, Paul Skenes offered a blunt assessment of the Pittsburgh Pirates&rsquo; struggles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/paul-skenes-reacts-to-derek-shelton-firing-with-a-quiet-message-for-the-pirates-front-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paul Skenes Reacts to Derek Shelton Firing With a Quiet Message for the Pirates Front Office - 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