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Pittsburgh Pirates rookie ace Paul Skenes is disrupting the betting market, causing odds to move dramatically overnight and even prompting one sportsbook to halt betting on the National League Rookie of the Year altogether, figuring the race was already decided. Skenes has been that good.
On Thursday, Skenes tossed seven hitless innings and recorded 11 strikeouts in the Pirates' 1-0 win over Milwaukee. Entering the game, ESPN BET had Skenes listed at 30-1 to win the National League Cy Young. By Friday morning, after he was named the NL's starter in the All-Star Game, Skenes was 13-2 to win the Cy Young, a remarkable one-day change not often seen at sportsbooks.