MLB · NL Central

Paul Skenes

Betting stats, pitch arsenal, opponent splits & prop matchups

Pittsburgh PiratesSPBats: R · Throws: R

FormColdStuffElite

The read

Elite swing-and-miss stuff, with strong underlying run prevention.

Strikeout prop

How often Paul Skenes has cleared each strikeout line over his last 5 and 10 starts and the season.

Strikeouts

share of starts cleared

L5L10Season

Over 4.5
80%90%87%
Over 5.5
80%80%74%
Over 6.5▲ hot
80%80%65%
Over 7.5▲ hot
40%40%30%

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On the mound

This season

ERA

3.65

WHIP

1.06

FIP

2.51

xERA

2.82

9-9 · 22 GS · 120.7 IP · 149 K · 28 BB · 11 HR

MLB avg · 4.20 ERA · 1.30 WHIP · 4.15 FIP

Last 5 starts

ERA

5.53

K/9

11.4

FIP

2.38

27.7 IP · 17 ER · 35 K · 8 BB

@PHI 4IP 7ER 5K
vATL 6IP 2ER 4K
vMIL 5.1IP 2ER 7K
@CLE 7IP 1ER 8K
vCHC 5.1IP 5ER 11K

Opponent splits

Stat	vs Lefties	vs Righties
Opp BA	.195	.219
K%	29%	33%
HR allowed	6	5
Sample	298 BF	192 BF

Quality of stuff

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB pitchers (20+ IP) this season. The dot is this player; further right is better. Over 120.7 IP.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

ERA

3.65

FIP

2.51

xERA

2.82

WHIP

1.06

K %

30.3%

SwStr %

12.8%

Chase %

33.5%

Barrel %

6.7%

Attack zones

21%

Heart

40%

Shadow

27%

Chase

12%

Waste

Heart = middle · Shadow = edges (command) · 6.8 ft extension

Where he lives around the zone. Heart (red) is the middle, Shadow (gold) the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) further off.

Full Statcast profile

Arsenal · splits · situationalSeason-to-date

Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA

4-Seam

41%

Sinker

10%

Slider

Change

14%

Other

27%

Pitch	Usage	Velo	Spin	Break	Zone%	SwStr%	xwOBA
4-Seam	41.5%	96.9	2177	1.4	53.6%	15.5%	.364
Change	14.4%	88.7	1844	2.4	25.0%	17.8%	.345
Sinker	10.1%	96.7	2166	1.8	49.3%	2.8%	.362
Slider	6.6%	86.7	2314	2.9	40.7%	19.3%	.369

Based on 2,115 pitches this season.

Expected & ratesnot in the panels above

xwOBA allowed

.303

1st-pitch strike%

60.1%

Putaway%

52.7%

Recent formlast 5 starts

L5 ERA

4.68

L5 FIP

2.38

L5 K/9

13.3

L5 BB/9

3.6

L5 HR/9

0.7

Pitches/start

92.0

Platoon & times-through

vs LHB xwOBA

.294

vs RHB xwOBA

.317

1st time xwOBA

.300

2nd time xwOBA

.257

3rd time xwOBA

.392

Inn 1-3 ERA

3.92

Inn 4-6 ERA

4.01

Inn 7+ ERA

3.56

Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo

7d xwOBA

.437

7d K%

38.3%

7d velo

91.9

14d xwOBA

.402

14d K%

35.6%

30d xwOBA

.359

30d K%

31.4%

30d velo

92.8

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

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