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After the 1st Start by Paul Skenes

Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:16 pm
Posted by LSUFanMizeWay
Picayune MS
Member since Sep 2014
6683 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:16 pm
His ERA is 1.09
Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
Member since May 2007
78298 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:18 pm to
I pull for him every game except for against the Cardinals.

Apparently it’s working.
Posted by Flablete
in the SEC
Member since Aug 2021
1106 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:21 pm to
Screw The Red Birds
Posted by LSUFanMizeWay
Picayune MS
Member since Sep 2014
6683 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:21 pm to
Is there a better Pitcher in The Bigs, because I don't think Skubal is better. Pittsburgh needs to Lock Him Up to a Huge Long Term, he could definitely bring back "We Are Family"
Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
Member since May 2007
78298 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:23 pm to
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Is there a better Pitcher in The Bigs


I don’t think there is. He’s starting to go real deep into games now too.
Posted by LSUFanMizeWay
Picayune MS
Member since Sep 2014
6683 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:27 pm to
Pure Dominance, I don't know why they don't let him finish, but that's a thing of the past now it seems, he is becoming The Face of Baseball.
Posted by bstaceyau19
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2022
1309 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:38 pm to
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One bad stretch of innings can inflate an ERA and look worse than it actually is.

However...

One bad game usually means that a pitcher's ERA will not get much below 3.00 for the rest of the year if he is really good for the duration. To get under 2.00 after starting 67.50 is mind boggling.
Posted by SaintLSU
Gretna
Member since Apr 2007
4475 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:58 pm to
Hasn't walked a batter in a month. Wow
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
73324 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:59 pm to
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I don’t think there is. He’s starting to go real deep into games now too.

it's truly incredible what he's doing. he hasn't walked a batter since the 3rd inning 4 starts ago. He pitched 8 innings tonight and only threw 98 pitches, threw 7 innings his last start in only 92 pitches.

His WHIP is just disgusting right now at 0.64, and that's with his first start lasting just 0.2 IP and allowing 6 base runners. The modern record for WHIP in a season is 0.73 by Pedro back in 2000.

He's figured out how to both strike guys out, albeit at a lower clip, and pitch to weak contact to keep his pitch counts low, and he's only walked 7 batters in 9 starts. His OppBA is at .146.

He's not human right now. He's somehow pitching even better than he did last year in a ridiculous season and he's still only 23 years old.

(but for some reason he cannot beat the Cardinals )
This post was edited on 5/12/26 at 11:00 pm
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
73324 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:01 pm to
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One bad game usually means that a pitcher's ERA will not get much below 3.00 for the rest of the year if he is really good for the duration. To get under 2.00 after starting 67.50 is mind boggling.

saw some tweet after that start talking about what he'd need to do and how difficult it would be to get back to his ERA last year....he's already there and it's only May 12
Posted by lsutiger2
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2008
8266 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:07 pm to
Not sure he’s human
Posted by Geauxldninja
Member since May 2018
2651 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:10 pm to
I’m a huge LSU fan who is also a huge Detroit Tigers fan. I am biased to both Skenes and Skubal. Skenes is better. It’s closer to a 1A 1B situation, but my money is on Skenes having watched both of them a ton. Skubal is him too tho, Detroit is missing him and El Mago really badly right now.
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