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May 17, 2024 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 32.5 |
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Player Outlook
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2024 | 36 | 18 | 10.0 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 3 | 2.70 | 0.90 |
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Fantasy Performance by Week
Fantasy News
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Skenes (1-0) earned the win over the Cubs on Friday, issuing just one walk while striking out 11 over six hitless, scoreless innings. Skenes was lights out in his second big-league start -- he struck out the first seven batters he faced while holding the Cubs without a baserunner until Michael Busch's one-out walk in the fifth inning. Skenes has been as advertised to start his career, averaging 99.3 MPH with his fastball Friday and generating a 44 percent whiff rate with the pitch. The 21-year-old right-hander has allowed three runs through his first 10 innings while striking out 18. Skenes will look to keep rolling in his next outing, which tentatively lined up as a home matchup with the Giants.... See More ... See Less
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Pirates' Paul Skenes: Set for big-league debut
Skenes' contract was purchased from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of his big-league debut Saturday against the Cubs. Skenes is the best pitching prospect to come along in over a decade, and his big-league debut is as highly anticipated as any pitching prospect's debut in recent memory. The big 6-foot-6 righty not only had the best statistical performance of any starter in the minors this year, but he has the best pure stuff as well. Skenes logged a 0.99 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, a 42.9 percent strikeout rate and a 7.6 percent walk rate in 27.1 innings at Triple-A. He has averaged just under five innings per start over his last three starts, but after throwing 129.1 innings in 2023, he should be able to push toward 160 total innings this year with good health.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Next outing will be at Triple-A
Pirates manager Derek Shelton said Monday that Skenes is scheduled to make another start with Triple-A Indianapolis this week, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports. Skenes' last start with Indianapolis was his first this season on regular rest, and he wasn't as dominant as he had been, yielding two runs on three hits and a 4:2 K:BB over 4.1 innings. He threw 66 pitches in the outing. The top prospect's major-league debut should be coming sooner rather than later, but the Pirates have opted to give him at least one more start in the minors. Skenes boasts a 0.99 ERA and 45:8 K:BB across 27.1 frames in 2024.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Reaches six innings
Skenes allowed four hits and one walk while striking out seven across six scoreless innings Tuesday in an appearance with Triple-A Indianapolis. Skenes continued his impressive run with Indianapolis, as he now has a total of 41 strikeouts across 23 innings pitched while maintaining a 0.39 ERA and 0.87 WHIP. Most importantly, he reached five innings in an outing for the first time in a start this season and tossed 75 pitches. The Pirates still haven't announced plans to promote Skenes to Pittsburgh, but he should be up in relatively short order.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Ramps up to 65 pitches
Skenes allowed one hit and two walks while striking out eight across 3.1 scoreless innings in a start with Triple-A Indianapolis on Thursday. Skenes has yet to record more than 10 outs in a start this season, but he did increase his pitch count to 65. He was a bit wild with only 37 of his pitches finding the zone, though he still generated 11 whiffs. For the season, Skenes has thrown 12.2 shutout innings while maintaining a 27:4 K:BB.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Three perfect innings
Skenes threw three perfect innings while striking out five in Saturday's game with Triple-A Indianapolis. The Pirates want Skenes to continue to build up his workload and get some experience in pro ball before debuting in the majors, and Saturday's start was a good first step. According to Ben Weinrib of MLB.com, Skenes averaged 100.1 mph on 21 fastballs and none of the pitches came in below 99.1 mph. He threw a total of 46 pitches and will continue to increase the length of his outings. Assuming Skenes is successful in doing so, his debut in Pittsburgh this summer seems like an eventuality.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Reassigned to minor-league camp
The Pirates reassigned Skenes to minor-league camp Sunday. Pirates GM Ben Cherington announced in early March that Skenes would be beginning the season in the minors, and his run in big-league camp has now come to a close. The 2023 first overall pick quickly made his way through the minor-league system last year and will begin 2024 at Double-A Altoona or Triple-A Indianapolis. If he continues to live up to his prospect pedigree, Skenes could make his MLB debut for the Pirates this summer.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Back on bump Thursday
Skenes (illness) is scheduled to start Thursday in the Pirates' Spring Breakout game against the Orioles, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports. The Pirates scratched Skenes ahead of his previous Grapefruit League start this past Saturday versus the Tigers, but he'll be back on the hill five days later to take on an Orioles lineup featuring a deep stable of prospects headlined by infielder Jackson Holliday. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft, Skenes is set to begin the campaign at Double-A Altoona or Triple-A Indianapolis but could reach the big leagues at some point this season if he proves to be unfazed by opposing hitters in the upper levels of the minors.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Scratched from Saturday's game
Skenes will not pitch in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Tigers due to an illness, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Skenes has appeared in two games -- including one start -- in spring training and has allowed one run on three hits while striking out three over three innings. The 2023 No. 1 overall pick will return to Grapefruit League action once he's shaken off his illness. He will begin the season in the minors.... See More ... See Less -
Pirates' Paul Skenes: Bypassing High-A, reaches Double-A
The Pirates promoted Skenes from Single-A Bradenton to Double-A Altoona on Monday, Justice delos Santos of MLB.com reports. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft has already ascended to his third different minor-league affiliate, bypassing the South Atlantic League entirely after brief stops in the rookie-level Florida Complex League and at Bradenton. The 6-foot-6 right-hander from LSU overwhelmed hitters during his two outings in the Florida State League, allowing just one baserunner and striking out four of the 10 batters he faced. Given the hefty workload he handled this spring and summer during LSU's run to the College World Series, Skenes will likely have his innings managed carefully at Altoona for the rest of the season. He's set to make his Double-A debut Saturday.... See More ... See Less
Recent Tweets
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG12M agoIt's Jameson Taillon vs. Mitch Keller on Sunday, two pitchers who experienced varying degrees of success in Pittsburgh. Paul Skenes and Jared Jones are next. They're obviously off to splendid starts: https://t.co/1uh5E0BO7j
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG24M agoPaul Skenes signing some autographs for Pirates fans who made the trip to Chicago. https://t.co/w2qntTQVPy
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Pittsburgh Pirates@Pirates3H agoREPOST THIS for a chance to win this @NewEraCap Pirates 59FIFTY Armed Forces Day Cap. https://t.co/tpnKimnXh1
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG3H agoI also chatted with Paul Skenes, Jameson Taillon, Mitch Keller, Andrew McCutchen and Derek Shelton about the pressures of being a top pitching prospect, not just in Pittsburgh but everywhere. My Sunday column: https://t.co/1uh5E0BO7j
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG3H agoAfter the fuss of his MLB debut, Paul Skenes said he was eager to get to work. Real work. Yeah, it showed. My column from Wrigley on his gem yesterday: https://t.co/RIgOEwz86H
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG17H agoPaul Skenes was nothing short of incredible today. Here's all that went into it. My column: https://t.co/RIgOEwz86H
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG18H agoWanna talk about Paul Skenes or whatever? Join me and @AndrewDestin1 in about 2 minutes right here: https://t.co/5gN6hLd7Hr
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Alex Stumpf@AlexJStumpf20H agoThat's game. Pirates 9, Cubs 3. Paul Skenes was incredible. Six no-hit innings, 11 Ks. Jared Triolo and Yasmani Grandal with 3 RBI each. Pirates are 21-25.
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Jason Mackey@JMackeyPG20H agoFINAL: Pirates 9, Cubs 3 Skenes incrinculent: 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 11 K (6 on 100+ mph heat) … 100 pitches, 67 strikes, 22 whiffs Retired 1st 13, struck out 1st 7, 12 pitches of 100 mph or more PIT w/15 hits … Joe 3 H … Grandal 2 H, 3 RBI Triolo 2 H, HR, 3 RBI PIT now 21-25
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Pittsburgh Pirates@Pirates21H agoFirst pitcher in Pirates history with 11 strikeouts at Wrigley Field 👏 https://t.co/OmvK1Jobc8