Paul Skenes

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Paul Skenes has thrown 743 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2023 and 2024, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (100mph), Sinker (95mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Change (88mph). He also rarely throws a Curve (82mph).


In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has heavy sinking action, is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, has an obvious tail and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their sinker generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has heavy sinking action, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has well above average velo. Their slider results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders, has short glove-side cut and has less than expected depth. Their change generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, has an obvious armside fade, dives down out of the zone and is much firmer than usual. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 19 of them in 2024) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, is much harder than usual, has little depth and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves.