Paul Skenes Struggles: Can the Pirates Turn It Around?
We analyze Paul Skenes' recent struggles on the mound, discussing his performance stats and what the future holds for him. Will he bounce back next season?
Video Transcript
The Paul Skeens, issues continue.
His last five starts, 23 innings, 17 runs, 15 walks, and ERA of six.
I feel like we're just gonna do this every week, Tom, until the season ends.
You know, and look, he I, I, I've said it before and I say it again, and we keep airing me saying it during commercials, is I do think Skeens is gonna be perfectly fine.
It's just you, you- Right can't fix, you can't fix something like this right now, Tom.
It's not possible.
You know, mechanics or weight or whatever it is that he needs to get settled, I, I think he's gonna be a great buy low for everyone in betting and for fantasy next year.
But for the rest of the season, my, my thought is, Tom, is that the minute the Pirates are out, you're not gonna see him pitch anymore.
I don't know when that's gonna be.
Right.
Two weeks, three weeks.
Pirates are not making the playoffs, but Skeens's not gonna get fixed, I don't think.
No, not in season.
And this is I keep seeing this and looking back at, and some of his underlying metrics, you know, he has a really good strikeout rate this year.
You know, we're pushing 30%.
Like, he's really good in that area.
He obviously is not good in a whole lot of other areas.
So this is just, once the off season rolls around, get back to basics, figure out what needs to be done, tweak the mechanics, you know, tweak the physique, whatever it's gonna be, and he'll be totally fine when it's, when it's all said and done.
