Pirates offer massive bounty for Paul Skene’s Rookie card with home plate seats

Like today’s Willy Wonkas, Topps has hidden a special Paul Skenes card in the Chrome Update, which has been available since Wednesday. In addition to having the only rookie debut patch autograph of its kind, the lucky person who finds the needle in the haystack will be given some sweet perks by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

On Friday, they revealed that in exchange for bringing this card “home” to PNC Park, the presenter would receive two Pirates season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years, a softball game for 30 at the ballpark and a spring training experience including a meet-and- greeted with Skenes among other cool things.

Skenes’ stellar rookie season ended with an 11-3 record with a 1.96 ERA over 23 starts and 133 innings. He also set a franchise rookie record with 170 strikeouts and started the All-Star Game for the National League. In a matter of days, he could win the National League Rookie of the Year Award and the Cy Young.

Good hunting.