Paul Skenes helps girlfriend Olivia Dunne build her new bed in cute DIY moment

After the Pittsburgh Pirates failed to qualify for the postseason and their season concluded in September, All-Star pitcher Paul Skenes is spending more time away from the diamond.

Skenes' girlfriend, Olivia Dunne, acquired a new apartment in Jupiter, Florida, earlier this month. The Pirates ace helped the former LSU gymnast set up her new place.

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Skenes helped Dunne set up her DIY bed at her new place.

"Pov: you are just a girl trying to build a bed," Dunne captioned her story, mentioning the location of her new home.

In another story, Dunne shared a glimpse of her unpacked stuff at her new house with a cutout of the former gymnast from her LSU days. The social media influencer who celebrated her 23rd birthday last week, retired from gymnastics after completing her four years with the LSU Tigers.

Earlier this year, Dunne had purchased a house in New York after a failed attempt to acquire New York Yankees icon Babe Ruth's place.

Paul Skenes receives praise for his attitude from top Pirates hitting prospect

Since his MLB debut last season, Paul Skenes has emerged as one of the best pitchers in the league. While he helped his girlfriend, Olivia Dunne, with moving around stuff for her new house in Florida, the Pirates ace is also keeping tabs on the Pirates' top hitting prospect.

Pirates' first-round draft pick Konnor Griffin, who was named Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year this season, praised Skenes for checking up on him.

“Yeah it’s cool. He stays in touch," Griffin said. "He’ll text me every now and then, just checking in, making sure everything’s going well and when we were in Spring Training, we got to spend a lot of time together. It’s just cool to see the type of competitor he is."

Griffin slashed .333/.415/.527 with 161 hits, 21 home runs and 94 RBIs, along with 65 stolen bases in 122 games this season. The hitting prospect is looking forward to sharing the locker room with the NL Cy Young candidate, as he believes Skenes makes people around him play better because of his competitive edge.

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Chaitanya Prakash is an editor who covers US Sports at Sportskeeda. His first brush with sportswriting was in 2012 when the greatest football manager of all time, Sir Alex Ferguson, bid farewell to the beautiful game.

Although having started out professionally as a cricket writer in 2022, Chaitanya's curiosity and indiscriminate interest in all sports in general eventually introduced him to America's favorite pastime.

While Chaitanya's favorite player from the current crop is the dynamic Venezuelan Ronald Acuna Jr., his all-time favorite, however, is Pedro Martinez, for his self-belief and consistency. He also rates Jose Bautista's iconic bat flip in 2015 as his favorite moment in baseball history.

Chaitanya specializes in reporting on technical aspects of the game or analyzing patterns behind specific plays. He also likes pondering over players' self-assessments following the conclusion of a game as it helps him get an idea of how they think about the sport in general.

When not cheering for his favorites across sports, Chaitanya likes being transported to the past through a good war documentary or a historical documentary in general.

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