This special, portrait-style collectible is a 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X Portrait trading card featuring Major League Baseball superstar player Paul Skenes, who has played for and starred for the LSU Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates. This standard-sized card is made of card stock with a 35 Pt. thickness and is an original, limited edition rookie card graded PSA 9 - Mint Condition. The card is part of the MLB All Star Games event and is in English language, making it a highly sought-after collectible for baseball fans and card collectors alike.

Player Notes: I have always thought about the rookie seasons of Dwight Gooden and Fernando Valenzuela as being unassailably the best in modern baseball history. Skenes has to be added to that list. Unquestionably the most explosive start to an MLB career for a pitcher in the last 30 years, the numbers tell the story in 2024 he made 23 starts (so basically 2/3 of a season)… 11-3 win loss record for a team that ended the season with a losing record overall. 1.96 ERA… 133 innings pitched, with 170 strikeouts (11.5/9)… WHIP of 0.947… All Star Team… 3rd in Cy Young voting… top 20 in MVP Voting… Rookie of the Year winner… 5.9 WAR which was 4th among all pitchers, even though he only played 2/3 off a season. in 2025, he proved that not everyone has a sophomore slump. He delivered an outrageous 7.7 WAR season… he lead the league in ERA with 1.97. he lead the league in WHIP with 0.95. he again made the All Star team… truly elite… At 6’6” and 260 Lbs, he has the frame for durability. We have only finished season two of his career, records are falling left and right, and he is still only 23. we are witnessing something historic in Paul Skenes.