An 11-year-old from Los Angeles was the lucky person that pulled a 1/1 card of Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes, Topps announced on Tuesday. The card features a patch worn on the sleeve of Skenes’ jersey from his major league debut and an autograph from the 2024 NL Rookie of the Year.
The unique card created headlines when it was announced in November as the Pirates offered a massive trade for the card to be placed at its home stadium of PNC Park. In exchange for the card, the Pirates offered whoever possessed it:
- Two season ticket behind home plate at PNC Park for the next 30 years
- An exclusive meet-and-greet with Skenes
- Two autographed Skenes jerseys
- A softball game for 30 people at PNC Park with coaching from team alumni
- Batting practice and warmup with the team
- Experiences at the team’s Spring Training facility in Bradenton, Florida
To up the reward for the card, Skenes’ girlfriend and popular LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne added an opportunity for the collector to sit with her in her suite for a Pirates game.
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Topps did not announce if the young collector had accepted the Pirates’ offer to trade the card.
Skenes’ card was part of the 2024 Topps Chrome Update set that featured several rookies and second-year players with MLB Debut Patch cards in it, including Elly De La Cruz, Jackson Holliday, Jackson Chourio, Jackson Merrill, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga.
