⚾ Paul Skenes 2024 Topps Brooklyn Collection #37 Orange Parallel /25 — PSA 10 Gem Mint — Denver, Colorado — Air Force Academy — LSU Tigers — 2023 MLB Draft 1st Overall Pick — Pittsburgh Pirates — 2024 NL Rookie of the Year — Twenty-Five Copies Total — Professional Sports Authenticator Gem Mint Certified

⚾ Twenty-five copies. That is the complete print run for the 2024 Topps Brooklyn Collection #37 Paul Skenes Orange parallel — a card numbered /25, meaning that of every possible collector and every possible fan of Paul Skenes and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, only 25 people will ever own this color tier. This PSA 10 Gem Mint example is one of those 25, graded to perfection by Professional Sports Authenticator — a card that combines an ultra-short Orange parallel print run with the highest grade the PSA system awards. Condition: NOS.

🌟 Denver, Colorado — Air Force Academy — LSU Tigers — The Path to First Overall

Paul Skenes was born on May 29, 2002, in Denver, Colorado, and took a path to professional baseball that included a start at the Air Force Academy before his transfer to Louisiana State University — a decision that placed him within one of the premier college baseball programs in the country. At LSU, Skenes was widely regarded as the most dominant pitcher in college baseball: a fastball that operated at the top of the velocity spectrum and a signature splitter-sinker combination that made opposing lineups deeply uncomfortable at every point in the count. His college dominance was the kind that scouts and analysts catalogue as a once-in-a-generation physical package for the pitching position. Condition: NOS.

🏆 2023 MLB Draft — 1st Overall Pick — Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Paul Skenes with the first overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft — the consensus top selection in a draft class that included multiple highly-rated prospects. That consensus was a statement unto itself: when scouts, analysts, and front offices across baseball align on a first overall pitcher, the evaluation reflects a combination of present ability, projectability, and ceiling that organizations measure franchise timelines against. Skenes represented all three, and his 2024 Pirates debut confirmed what the scouting process had assessed. Condition: NOS.

⭐ 2024 NL Rookie of the Year — The Debut That Matched the Billing

Paul Skenes won the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year award, validating the first overall selection with a debut season that met the expectations attached to that draft position. Rookie cards from a player who wins the Rookie of the Year in their debut MLB season carry a specific collector significance — they are simultaneously debut artifacts and award documents, representing a player at the precise moment when professional promise becomes confirmed professional production. The Brooklyn Collection /25 Orange is a card from that debut season. Condition: NOS.

📋 The Brooklyn Collection — /25 Orange Parallel — PSA 10 Gem Mint

The 2024 Topps Brooklyn Collection is a premium, limited-distribution set designed to evoke the classic aesthetics of baseball's early Topps era. The Orange parallel within the Brooklyn Collection is numbered to 25 copies — one of the shortest print runs available within the product. Card #37 is Skenes's designated entry in the set, and the /25 Orange means the total population at this color tier is 25 copies across the entire hobby. The PSA 10 Gem Mint grade certifies that centering, corners, edges, and surface all meet the Gem Mint standard simultaneously. Condition: NOS.

⚾⭐ Paul Skenes. Denver, Colorado. Air Force Academy. LSU Tigers. Pittsburgh Pirates. 1st overall pick 2023. 2024 NL Rookie of the Year. Brooklyn Collection. #37. Orange parallel. /25. One of 25. PSA 10 Gem Mint. The perfect copy of the rarest version of the card. Condition: NOS.