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Paul Skenes

Pirates
Number #30
Position SP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 24
Height 6' 6"
Weight 260 lbs
Birth Place Fullerton, CA
Born May 29, 2002

Key Insights

2026
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Skenes has struck Shohei Ohtani out 6 times in 12 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 12 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The CLE lineup has hit .321 and slugged .536 against Skenes across 29 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

9 hits, 1 home run and 5 strikeouts, against a .267 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Ian Happ squares Skenes up like nobody else: 97.7 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 87.9 across the hitters he has faced.

18 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Willi Castro gets nothing on it against Skenes: 69.8 mph off the bat, against a median of 87.9 across the hitters he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Skenes has faced Alec Burleson more than any other hitter: 21 plate appearances, and Alec Burleson has hit .400/.429/.450 in them.

8 hits, 0 home runs and 4 strikeouts across 21 plate appearances.
One opponent he has never solved, not once

Geraldo Perdomo is 0 for 10 against Skenes for his career.

3 strikeouts and 0 walks in those 11 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 29, 2002
Birth Place Fullerton, CA
Height 6' 6"
Weight 260 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R
College/Draft LSU