2024 Stats
W-L
10-3
ERA
2.07
WHIP
0.98
K
158
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Skenes, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, is such a good pitching prospect that the most interesting thing to discuss with him is when he will make his big-league debut. He tallied 122.2 innings for LSU and 6.2 innings across stops at rookie ball, Single-A and Double-A last season (129.1 total innings), so there shouldn't be any notable workload restrictions in his age-22 season beyond the normal care teams show their most prized young arms. Additionally, if Skenes were to spend a full year in the majors and win rookie of the year, the Pirates would be rewarded with a Prospect Promotion Incentive draft pick at the end of the first round in 2025. The 6-foot-6 righty boasts two potential 80-grade pitches in his fastball (sits 99-100 mph, touches 103) and mid-80s slider. He has started throwing his upper-80s changeup more, and that looks like a potential third elite offering. The only things that could derail an ascent to ace status in a few years are injuries and/or unforeseen command issues. Skenes is generally seen as the best college pitching prospect since Stephen Strasburg, and Strasburg made 11 starts in the upper-levels of the minors before making his big-league debut. That could be Skenes' path as well, but there are different incentives in place now, so he will be appointment viewing in spring training games for as long as he remains in big-league camp. Read Past Outlooks
Tagged with tough-luck loss
Skenes (10-3) took the loss Monday against the Cardinals, allowing one run on four hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings.
ANALYSIS
The Pirates failed to give Skenes any run support Monday, which spoiled an otherwise strong start by the rookie. Skenes continues to impress, as he now has 15 quality starts in his first 21 appearances. The 22-year-old has been fantastic as of late, allowing just four earned runs in his previous five starts combined. Skenes' ERA sits at a minuscule 2.07 with a 0.98 WHIP and 158 strikeouts through 126 innings.
The Pirates failed to give Skenes any run support Monday, which spoiled an otherwise strong start by the rookie. Skenes continues to impress, as he now has 15 quality starts in his first 21 appearances. The 22-year-old has been fantastic as of late, allowing just four earned runs in his previous five starts combined. Skenes' ERA sits at a minuscule 2.07 with a 0.98 WHIP and 158 strikeouts through 126 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
93
Last 10 Games
96
Last 5 Games
94
How many pitches does Paul Skenes generally throw?
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11-20
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81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Paul Skenes generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-8%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-8%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .195 | 81 | 22 | 44 | 4 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .212 | 77 | 10 | 48 | 6 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .195 | 81 | 22 | 44 | 4 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .212 | 77 | 10 | 48 | 6 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-41%
ERA on Road
2024
-41%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 2.51 | 1.07 | 71.2 | 10.4 | 2.3 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 1.49 | 0.87 | 54.1 | 12.4 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.51 | 1.07 | 71.2 | 10.4 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.49 | 0.87 | 54.1 | 12.4 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Paul Skenes compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
4.94K/9
11.3BB/9
2.3HR/9
0.7Fastball
98.8 mphERA
2.07WHIP
0.98BABIP
.294GB/FB
1.90Left On Base
84.5%Exit Velocity
82.2 mphBarrels/BBE
3.5%Spin Rate
2141 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
21.2%Swinging Strike
13.7%Prospect Rankings History
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Picks up 10th win
Skenes (10-2) got the win Monday over the Marlins, giving up one run on six hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings.
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Tosses five shutout innings
Skenes (9-2) earned the win Tuesday over the Cubs, allowing four hits and four walks while striking out six over five shutout innings.
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Throws season-low 82 pitches
Skenes did not factor into the decision in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and one walk while striking out six in five innings.
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Under unspecified innings limit
General manager Ben Cherington acknowledged Sunday that there is a range of innings that the Pirates don't want Skenes to surpass this season, which could lead to the right-hander's starts becoming more abbreviated over the final month of the campaign, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.
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Dazzles again in eighth victory
Skenes (8-2) earned the win over Cincinnati on Thursday, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out nine batters over six scoreless innings.
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Limiting run game
Skenes has picked off three baserunners while allowing just two stolen bases through his first 14 big-league starts, per Alex Stumpf of MLB.com.
ANALYSIS
The 24-year-old's dominance has been hard to miss with a 1.99 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 107:19 K:BB over 86 innings, but he's also been impressive in limiting potential base stealers. Skenes didn't make his season debut until May 11 but has firmly entrenched himself as the favorite for NL Rookie of the Year.
The 24-year-old's dominance has been hard to miss with a 1.99 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 107:19 K:BB over 86 innings, but he's also been impressive in limiting potential base stealers. Skenes didn't make his season debut until May 11 but has firmly entrenched himself as the favorite for NL Rookie of the Year.