Skenes Kinda Sucks

[ShakeyWalton]

4 innings, 7 hits, 4 walks and 2 home runs against the Reds. Something isn't right with this guy.

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He is borderline stinko this year. His PR is gonna nosedive with him.

[Futuregm2]

Trying to strike everyone out.

First 9 starts:
50 IP
25 H
7 BB
56 K
1.98 ERA
2.50 FIP

13 starts since (before today):
70.2 IP
75 H
21 BB
93 K
4.84 ERA
2.86 FIP

[Dazepster]

He is getting Livvy Done. I would be doing the same thing.

[Cardinals4Life]

He is getting Livvy Done. I would be doing the same thing.

What does this mean?

[scoutyjones2]

He is getting Livvy Done. I would be doing the same thing.

[ShakeyWalton]

He is getting Livvy Done. I would be doing the same thing.

She’s cute, but man, wildly overrated at the same time.

[WeeVikes]

He is getting Livvy Done. I would be doing the same thing.

What does this mean?

A play on the name of his GF, Livvy Dunne.

[Swuhgen]

Pirates waited too long to trade him.

[CCard]

4 innings, 7 hits, 4 walks and 2 home runs against the Reds. Something isn't right with this guy.

Maybe he's had too much of a workload? I don't know. They guy is an immense talent but I agree, something is not right.

[RunSup]

4 innings, 7 hits, 4 walks and 2 home runs against the Reds. Something isn't right with this guy.

Skenes pitched in the Reds bandbox of a stadium tonight. Pitchers get rocked there.

He has had a rough July. But a good season before that. Yes, the Cardinals have had his number.

[mattmitchl44]

Trying to strike everyone out.

First 9 starts:
50 IP
25 H
7 BB
56 K
1.98 ERA
2.50 FIP

13 starts since (before today):
70.2 IP
75 H
21 BB
93 K
4.84 ERA
2.86 FIP

A lot of bad luck in there with event sequencing, no doubt.

[C-Unit]

Trying to strike everyone out.

First 9 starts:
50 IP
25 H
7 BB
56 K
1.98 ERA
2.50 FIP

13 starts since (before today):
70.2 IP
75 H
21 BB
93 K
4.84 ERA
2.86 FIP

A lot of bad luck in there with event sequencing, no doubt.

At first glance, 25 hits in 50 innings compared to 75 hits allowed in 70 innings raises an eyebrow. He's been hittable for whatever reason. Skenes is probably still pretty good though.

Remember how Gerrit Cole sucked in Pittsburgh his last year or two there. He was supposedly hurt or "sucks now." Then Houston fixed him in 10 minutes.

[Jatalk]

Hopefully Pirates agree with OP and trade him to the Cardinals. He’s slumping but his stuff is too good. I would take him in a heartbeat.

[Picklefork]

I found this on Twitter.... So take it for what it is.

"98+ MPH pitches thrown by Paul Skenes in each of his 78 career big league starts:

32, 38 34, 30, 46, 42, 32, 33, 21, 32, 21, 44, 22, 23, 14, 24, 30, 33, 40, 35, 31, 21, 11, 19, 26, 12, 29, 21, 25, 10, 22, 17, 26, 35, 27, 35, 29, 34, 29, 32, 40, 28, 30, 30, 25, 49, 35, 26, 27, 27, 35, 37, 7, 22, 17, 7, 15, 0, 11, 3, 20, 0, 9, 1, 7, 2, 8, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0"

That sure looks like arm issue/fatigue of some sort

[AtillaTheBlue1]

i think he's mentally exhausted.

losing can do it for you.

hes gone out, pitched a gem and still gets a loss, its happened many times.