Just to participate in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game would be a career -- and maybe even lifetime -- achievement for many professional baseball players.

Paul Skenes, the Pirates' young star, is set to start his second consecutive MLB All-Star Game, joining a select group of legends. He will face off against AL starter Tarik Skubal, the Tigers' Cy Young winner,

In part stemming from an aversion to receiving compliments, hyping up himself and publicity in general, Paul Skenes can be notoriously succinct when asked about his growing list of accolades as a major-leaguer.