Olivia Dunne's boyfriend Paul Skenes burns 5,000 calories A GAME and fuels his 100mph pitching technique with HONEY - as he gets set for Saturday MLB debut with Pittsburgh Pirates

Olivia Dunne's boyfriend, Paul Skenes, reportedly burns through 5,000 calories a game with his array of 100 mile-per-hour fastballs and fuels his pitching technique with honey. Lots of honey. 

Ahead of highly anticipated Skenes' Major League Baseball debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, it was revealed that the sport's top pitching prospect can go through half a jar of honey per start. 

'Paul would go through half a bear a game,' an LSU staffer told ESPN, in reference to the typical plastic bear-shaped jars of bottled honey. 

How big the jar in question was for Skenes' dominant days as a Tiger is unclear, but the plastic honey jars could have up to one pound of the sweet substance.

Skenes has been pitching for the Pirates Triple-A affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians, fanning hitters one level below the big leagues. 

Skenes consistently throws fastballs of over 100 miles per hour, fanning tons of hitters

Skenes is in a relationship with LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne after meeting as student-athletes

The Pirates started the season 11-8, but have since slipped to 17-21 overall, turning to Skenes to inject early life into what could become another mediocre season for the franchise. 

Skenes' status as a game-changer for Pittsburgh comes from the statistics that no starting pitcher in the history of the league has thrown as fast for as long during stints as he does. 

During a recent start against the St. Paul Saints, the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, Skenes threw 34 pitches of 100 miles per hour or greater in 3.1 innings of work. 

The right-hander's potential is through the roof after a stellar career at LSU, where he met Dunne.  

The two had long tried to keep their romance under wraps, but confirmed their relationship on social media last summer.

Skenes signed a $9.2million bonus when joining the Pirates to go along with Dunne being the highest-earning female collegiate athlete due to NIL deals.

Skenes is rated as the No 3 prospect in all of baseball, two spots ahead of Texas Rangers star Wyatt Langford, who has played an integral role for the defending World Series champions.

The Pirates have won one playoff series, a 2013 Wild Card tilt, since their 1979 championship with Willie Stargell leading the way.