Pittsburgh Pirates
Paul Skenes has thrown 3,194 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2023 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (98mph) and Sinker (95mph), also mixing in a Slider (85mph) and Change (88mph). He also rarely throws a Curve (84mph).
In 2025, 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 and has an obvious tail. 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 has short glove-side cut and has less than expected depth. Their change is thrown extremely hard, has an obvious armside fade, dives down out of the zone, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 15 of them in 2025) is thrown extremely hard, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves, has little depth and has primarily 12-6 movement.