Paul Skenes Named to NL All-Star Team

Skenes has been absolutely untouchable this season. He's made 19 starts and has posted a 1.94 ERA with 125 strikeouts in 116.0 innings of work. He has decimated lineups week in and week out, but the Pirates are so bad that it hasn't translated to wins.

In 19 starts, Skenes has a 4-7 record. In his last 15 starts, Skenes has just one win, but has allowed more than one run just four times. He's allowed no earned runs in four of those outings, but has been awarded with just one win in those contests.

In the month of May, Skenes went 1-3 despite posting a 1.91 ERA in six outings. In June, Skenes went 0-2 despite posting a 2.05 ERA in five outings. He's made two starts in July already and is 0-0 even though he hasn't given up a run. 

It's hard to argue that there's any better pitcher in the MLB right now, so Skenes definitely deserves his spot on the All-Star team.

Here's the full NL All-Star team roster:

C: Will Smith (LAD)

1B: Freddie Freeman (LAD)

2B: Ketel Marte (AZ)

3B: Manny Machado (SD)

SS: Francisco Lindor (NYM)

OF: Ronald Acuña Jr. (ATL)

OF: Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC)

OF: Kyle Tucker (CHC)

DH: Shohei Ohtani (LAD)

Jason Adam ^, SD (1st All-Star selection)

Matthew Boyd *, CHC (1st)

Edwin Díaz ^, NYM (3rd)

MacKenzie Gore ^, WSH (1st)

Clayton Kershaw *, LAD (11th) 

Robbie Ray *, SF (2nd)

Randy Rodríguez ^, SF (1st)

Chris Sale ^, ATL (9th)

Paul Skenes ^, PIT (2nd)

Logan Webb ^, SF (2nd)

Zack Wheeler ^, PHI (3rd)

Yoshinobu Yamamoto *, LAD (1st)