Diving into Paul Skenes Pitching Debut for the Pirates (Awesome Overlays)

His control looked much better in his AAA starts. Gonna chalk it up to nerves, the atmosphere at the ballpark was incredible but probably intimidating. Bet you he’ll look sharper next start

DO SKENES SECOND OUTING

Can you do one of these breakdowns on Imanaga? I’d like to see that

Even though I’m a cubs fan, loved watching this sequence on Skenes. Great debut. Your analysis is fantastic. 👍 I love (hate) his slider!

I feel like those sliders should be classed as two different pitches. Totally different break and speed. He's even talked about being able to manipulate them and his AAA catcher said sometimes he'll call for a cutter even though Skenes doesn't throw one if he wants the shorter break slider.

i saw passan say he's most similar to degrom but honestly he looks like a dude that is gonna be a whole new guy that can't really be compared to anyone else, his size and velo is insane

Hey Jimmy, love the show. I have a video idea for you, because I am perplexed. Statcast dropped the bat velo, barrels, square ups yesterday. For the most part, it's what you expect, Shohei huge barrels, Soto is a stud, Luis Arraez squares everything, G swings out of his shoes every swing. One thing that does not add and I would love some insite on: Mookie Betts. He has a short, slow swing. The guys he is surrounded by on the grid are all middle ops players. He seems considerably better than his grouping, and I can't understand why? Is it the angle he hits at? What makes Mookie so much better than the other players that swing like him?

we always love the (awesome overlays)

Suzuki got toasted in those first two at bats and it wasn't his fault at all. It will be my new example on why hitting is impossible.

One of the pitches they were calling a slinker, a mix of a slider and sinker. At least the announcers were talking about that.

Skenes was on the McAfee Show today and said he throws a Gyro Slider and a Sweeper.

It would be cool to take a look at the brewers Robert Gasser’s first start. He pitched a day or so before Skenes so it was kinda over shadowed, but he went 6 innings shut and looked gross!

i never played but love watching the game and jomboy's breakdowns, i can't fully grasp the difference in timing required by a hitter to clock a 101 mph pitch vs 85 mph i just know it's crazy

Deep dive idea/stat search help: what NL team this season has the most similar team stats as the DBacks did at this time last year? Same with AL and the Rangers. Curious to see if we’d consider this year’s teams as World Series possibles or if it’d be some crazy stretch. Thanks Jimmy!

One of the best games I have ever been at. Wild from a rookie start to wild weather then a blown lead and a come back to a basically empty stadium was there for 9 hours worth every second.

I like the split first pitch and the bullet slider. Allows you him to go faster or slower with the next pitch

The control over the movement of his sliders was fantastic, plenty of long time MLBers who throw slidera and sweepers cant mix and tunnel them that easily. And this was his DEBUT. Id imagine it will only get better as he gets more experience

I just uawd 30 mins of my life to watch this thank you as a pittsburgh fan

that sweeping slider is crazy good. The splitter is also incredible, but I gotta give the amount of break on the slower slider an edge. I'm interested to see the 3+ pitches play off of each other ( splitter, fast slider, sweeping slider especially )

loved this breakdown