2026 Stats
W-L
6-4
ERA
3.00
WHIP
0.82
K
65
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Skenes continued to show what all the hype was about upon his arrival to the big leagues, winning his first Cy Young Award in unanimous fashion in 2025 after winning Rookie of the Year in his debut season. The right-hander dominates with an overpowering fastball that averages 98 mph along with a wide array of secondary pitches, including the sweeper, splitter, changeup and so on. He now owns a 5.22 K/BB and 1.96 ERA over 320.2 innings in the majors, numbers which put him on an early Hall of Fame trajectory at the age of 23. Skenes alone could not prop the Pirates out of the cellar in the NL Central, and in fact he became the first Cy Young winner with a record of .500 or worse, highlighting the issues here in regards to team context. The park is favorable, however, and Skenes' combination of stuff and command is rivaled by few, making him an obvious first-round candidate for 2026 and potentially the first pitcher off the board in fantasy drafts despite the lingering threat of TJS that is inherent with the game's hardest throwers. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Pirates in March of 2026.
Struggles again Saturday
Skenes (6-4) took the loss against Toronto on Saturday, allowing four runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two batters over five-plus innings.
Analysis
It didn't take long for Toronto to get to Skenes, as George Springer led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo homer. Skenes recovered to get through the fifth frame with just that one run on his ledger, but he fell apart in the sixth. In that inning, the Blue Jays opened with four straight hits before Skenes was pulled, and he was ultimately charged with three runs. This was the second straight uncharacteristically mediocre start for the right-hander, who gave up five runs in five innings against Philadelphia in his previous outing. That's pushed his season ERA up to 3.00, and he'll look to get back on track his next time out, which lines up to be a home start against the Cubs.
It didn't take long for Toronto to get to Skenes, as George Springer led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo homer. Skenes recovered to get through the fifth frame with just that one run on his ledger, but he fell apart in the sixth. In that inning, the Blue Jays opened with four straight hits before Skenes was pulled, and he was ultimately charged with three runs. This was the second straight uncharacteristically mediocre start for the right-hander, who gave up five runs in five innings against Philadelphia in his previous outing. That's pushed his season ERA up to 3.00, and he'll look to get back on track his next time out, which lines up to be a home start against the Cubs.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
85
Last 10 Games
90
Last 5 Games
97
How many pitches does Paul Skenes generally throw?
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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 2024
-1%
BAA vs LHP
2026
-14%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .196 | 248 | 56 | 143 | 14 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .197 | 203 | 27 | 127 | 13 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .174 | 38 | 6 | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .202 | 27 | 3 | 17 | 3 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .210 | 124 | 28 | 76 | 7 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .186 | 92 | 14 | 60 | 4 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .186 | 86 | 22 | 44 | 4 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .210 | 84 | 10 | 50 | 6 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-6%
ERA on Road
2026
-25%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 2.19 | 0.93 | 197.1 | 10.3 | 1.8 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 2.06 | 0.92 | 183.1 | 11.1 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2026Home | 2.62 | 0.73 | 34.1 | 11.3 | 1.0 | ||||
| 2026Away | 3.51 | 0.94 | 25.2 | 7.7 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2025Home | 1.77 | 0.90 | 91.1 | 9.8 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2025Away | 2.15 | 1.00 | 96.1 | 10.9 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.51 | 1.07 | 71.2 | 10.4 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.32 | 0.80 | 61.1 | 12.8 | 2.1 | ||||
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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
7.22K/9
9.8BB/9
1.4HR/9
0.9Fastball
97.1 mphERA
3.00WHIP
0.82BABIP
.246GB/FB
1.39Left On Base
66.5%Exit Velocity
80.3 mphBarrels/BBE
3.4%Spin Rate
2126 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
21.1%Swinging Strike
12.1%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
Expectations were sky high for Skenes when he was called up by the Pirates for his big-league debut in May, and yet he exceeded expectations as a rookie, even earning the start for the National League in the All-Star Game. The right-hander struck out more than five batters for every one he walked (5.31 K/BB) and finished with a 1.96 ERA over 133 innings spanning 23 starts, the second-lowest ERA for a rookie pitcher since the earned run became an official stat in both leagues in 1913. With a devastating four-seamer that averaged 98.8 mph in 2024, five secondary pitches highlighted by the sinker and breaking ball, plus exceptional command of his repertoire, Skenes is already an ace and arguably the SP1 overall in fantasy baseball heading into 2025. However, the velocity, while great for getting results on the field, could be seen as something as a red flag given many of the game's hardest throwers have gone down in recent years due to elbow trouble. Skenes, who will still be just 22 years old at the start of the upcoming season, has avoided the operating table so far in his young career.
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Rare dud in third loss
Skenes (6-3) took the loss Sunday against the Phillies, allowing five runs on six hits and one walk in five innings. He struck out seven.
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Strikes out 10 in win over Rockies
Skenes (6-2) earned the win Tuesday against the Rockies, allowing just two hits and no walks with 10 strikeouts across eight shutout innings.
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In peak form for win
Skenes (5-2) allowed two hits and struck out seven without walking a batter over eight shutout innings to earn the win Wednesday against the Diamondbacks.
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Ambushed in second loss
Skenes (4-2) took the loss Thursday against the Cardinals, allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits and no walks in five innings. He struck out nine.
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Flirts with perfect game
Skenes (4-1) earned the win Friday against the Brewers, striking out seven and allowing one hit and no walks over seven scoreless innings.
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Wins NL Cy Young award
Skenes won the NL Cy Young award on Wednesday, according to Alex Stumpf of MLB.com.
Analysis
Skenes was outstanding in the 2025 season, posting a 1.97 ERA and 0.95 WHIP with a 216:42 K:BB across 187.2 regular-season frames while pitching for a Pirates team that went 71-91 and finished at the bottom of the NL Central. This was the first Cy Young award of Skenes' career, and it certainly won't be the last if he continues to pitch like this in coming seasons.
Skenes was outstanding in the 2025 season, posting a 1.97 ERA and 0.95 WHIP with a 216:42 K:BB across 187.2 regular-season frames while pitching for a Pirates team that went 71-91 and finished at the bottom of the NL Central. This was the first Cy Young award of Skenes' career, and it certainly won't be the last if he continues to pitch like this in coming seasons.