An 11-year-old boy from Los Angeles who pulled the Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch card will likely sell it for more money than Skenes will make from his 2025 base salary with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Given all Skenes accomplished in his rookie year, there is no hotter commodity on the baseball card market than the right-hander's exclusive one-of-one Rookie Debut Autograph card. Bob Nutting, an owner known for his frugalness,

A one-of-a-kind autographed baseball card featuring a patch of the No. 30 jersey Skenes donned during his big league debut is heading to auction on Thursday. The card’s journey over the last few months has generated the kind of buzz typically reserved for iconic collectibles featuring Hall of Famers Honus Wagner, Mickey Mantle and Ken Griffey Jr.

Cardinals shortstop Masyn Wynn currently holds the top spot for the most expensive 2024 Debut Patch card sold publicly. The PSA 10 graded card sold for $75,000 on Feb. 7. The most expensive card sold by Fanatics’ marketplace platform to date was a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth card graded a PSA 8.5 at $1.6 million in November 2024.

Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting needs to open up his checkbook for a contending team around pitching prodigy Paul Skenes, says MLB analyst Jake Mintz.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have not made the playoffs since the 2015 season, when they finished with a 98-64 record before losing to the Chicago Cubs in the National League wild-card game. Since then, Pittsburgh has struggled to return to the postseason.