Cubs (Rea) vs Pirates (Skenes): 5/28/26, 5:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, the losing streak is over! Now time to build a winning streak? Paul Skenes has looked somewhat mortal lately, it's not impossible to get to him.

	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	TOT
Trent Thornton	14	0	21	0	0	35
Ryan Rolison	16	0	0	32	0	48
Phil Maton	0	13	0	0	22	35
Jacob Webb	0	0	23	0	17	40
Hoby Milner	0	0	0	20	0	20
Ethan Roberts	0	16	0	0	15	31
Daniel Palencia	0	0	0	14	0	14
Caleb Thielbar	0	13	0	0	17	30

[Jason Ross]

Skenes is still really, really good but there are some interesting things in there. His fastball velo is down again, his arm slot is a bit higher, and his K% has dipped. He's also gotten less whiff. 

Like, he's still one of the absolute best pitchers in baseball, but he's more "one of the best handful or so" instead of like "one of the two best". 

[mk49]

I'm pretty sure the Cubs were the best team against Skenes last year.  

OK, I just checked the stats.  The Cubs' OPS against him was .982 last year.  He gave up only 11 HR's whole year, and the Cubs hit 4 of them.

Yes, it's a very small sample size, 3 games, and yes, he's one of the best, but we have a chance to beat him.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Skenes has a 6.5 ERA in the day and .5 in the night. He has a .3 WHIP in the night. 

 

I think we can scratch a couple off him but I'm not exactly confident in Rea. 

[BKHoo]

WTF is going on in this organization?! Wiggins is now messed up even more and Steele might not pitch the year?  SMDH. 

[mk49]

5 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

WTF is going on in this organization?! Wiggins is now messed up even more and Steele might not pitch the year?  SMDH. 

What happened to them?