Rookie Paul Skenes to Start the 2024 MLB All-Star Game

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00:00And of course, potentially the highlight in the biggest storyline entering the Midsummer

00:07Classic, the rookie starter for the NL, that's Pittsburgh's Paul Skeens.

00:12Yeah, that's going to be the cool part about it.

00:14That's why I think I like the All-Star game the most is you get to see Skeens right out

00:18of the gate and well deserving to be that starting pitcher and people will hang on just

00:22to see him.

00:23Like, you know what, let me catch the game.

00:24I'll see the starting lineups here as opposed to just saying like, ah, game starts now.

00:27You actually want to see what Paul Skeens is going to do.

00:30So that I'm excited by.

00:31And also, at the FanDuel Sportsbook, that velocity of the first pitch over 101 at a

00:36plus 400 price, under 99 miles an hour at a minus 104 price and a couple price points

00:41there in between.

00:43You know he is going to be absolutely amped up.

00:46And there's one thing that you understand, Ben, he's not throwing an off-speed pitch

00:49to start Steven Kwan off.

00:51He is going to challenge him with a fastball.

00:53And I would bet that it's going to be at least 100 miles or above.

00:57I'm not doubting the—oh, let me get it, 99 is an unbelievably fast fastball.

01:01But we're not betting under 99, are we?

01:03Who's out there doing that?