In recent years, the video game MLB The Show has usually had one young superstar player on the rise as its cover athlete. But for the 2025 season, there were too many good options.
With Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles shortstops Elly De La Cruz and Gunnar Henderson, Paul Skenes is part of a trio of the game’s most exciting young players on the cover of MLB The Show 25. Skenes joins Andrew McCutchen as the second Pirate to grace the cover, as McCutchen was the face of MLB The Show 13.
“Historically, we’ve chosen a single cover athlete for MLB The Show, someone who is at the pinnacle of the sport,” said MLB The Show global marketing group manager Todd Liss.