Paul Skenes offers candid advice to Jacob Misiorowski on MLB pressures

On Wednesday, both Paul Skenes and Jacob Misiorowski battled each other on the mound when the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers locked horns. The Brewers got the better off the Pirates as they won 4-2.

What was Paul Skenes advice to Jacob Misiorowski?

The less experienced Jacob Misiorowski pitched five shutout innings while striking out eight and gave up two hits. But, Paul Skenes struggled on the mound as he only lasted four innings in which he ended up giving four earned runs.

According to the team sources, both 23-year-old pitchers linked up in the tunnel. Paul Skenes, who has one year of experience in the MLB, spoke about the dark side that comes with being in the spotlight.

You've got to protect yourself, for lack of a better term, obviously, with the media, but I assume if he goes and walks around Milwaukee now, there's going to be more people that recognize him and all that, Skenes said. If he does what he's supposed to do and everybody thinks he can do, that's not going away any time soon. Get used to it and find ways to find peace and that kind of thing.

Like Paul Skenes, Jacob Misiorowski is also proving to be a terrific pitcher in the three starts that he has already had. He has a 3-0 record and 1.13 ERA after his three starts.

Jacob Misiorowski praised Paul Skenes

While Jacob Misiorowski was not able to see the A-game of Paul Skenes on Wednesday, the reigning Rookie of the Year has already made a name for himself among the top active pitchers in the MLB.

After Wednesday's game, Jacob Misiorowski said of Paul Skenes,

I've watched plenty of his games. It's awesome to face a guy like that and really compare yourself to some of the best.

Not just this, Misiorowski got first hand experience of what the Pirates pitcher had warned him about. He said,

It was just one of those things that you wanted to try and calm yourself down as much as possible and stay off the internet, because I feel like everything I swiped was me and Skenes, me and Skenes, me and Skenes. I had to mute it, turn it off.

It will be interesting to see whether the Brewers pitcher replicates what Paul Skenes did in his rookie year in the MLB.