Dan Gartland

@dangartland.bsky.social

Staff Writer at Sports Illustrated

Paul Skenes’s fastball topped out a 96.5 mph last night after he threw 97% of his four-seamers faster than that in his first two seasons. That’s just one stat that shows how shockingly pedestrian he’s been this season. www.si.com/mlb/si-am-nu...

SI:AM | The Numbers Behind Paul Skenes’s Stunning Dropoff

There’s one glaring difference that might explain why the Pirates star has declined sharply this season after a historically great start to his career.

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Yankees reliever Angel Chivilli allowed one earned run in his first 14 games of the season (none in his last 13) and just gave up six runs in the eighth inning against the Cardinals.

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The Pirates just used the dugout phone to determine whether they were going to challenge a call on the last out of the game. The game’s over if you don’t challenge! Why bother waiting for the replay guy to tell you whether to challenge?!