With the first true off day of spring training arriving on Wednesday, Paul Skenes ... filthy stuff, Skenes has also been toying with a sinker and cutter this spring. His splinker remains a fairly ...

Paul Skenes isn’t shy about saying he wants to win with the Pittsburgh Pirates, though he doesn’t directly discuss winning a ...

Before this spring, Skenes already featured six pitches, including a 100-plus mph fastball, a “splinker,” and a sweeper. Apparently, that wasn’t enough for the flame-throwing phenom. Paul ...

"It's a grip change," said Skenes ... and it's got a little less depth." Paul Skenes averaged 94.2 on his 34 splitters today (splinker, but whatever) From 2008-14, there were 10 total splitters ...

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes burst onto the scene in 2024. One year after dominating college baseball at LSU, Skenes ...

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes might have just gotten even more ... 100 MPH fastball, a splinker and a slider. The Pirates finished last in the National League Central last season and will ...

There are times when Paul ... go to work. Skenes finds himself at the confluence of the game and the culture at large. From a fastball that regularly hits triple digits to a “splinker” borne ...

The magic of Paul Skenes is obvious ... Besides the combination of four-seam fastball, "splinker" and slider that Skenes leaned on last year, he clearly motioned for a two-seamer and a fifth ...

Generally speaking, spring training numbers don't mean anything. The competition varies so much -- a hitter could face a Cy Young winner in his first at-bat and a kid ticketed for Single-A in his ...

There are times when Paul ... go to work. Skenes finds himself at the confluence of the game and the culture at large. From a fastball that regularly hits triple digits to a “splinker” borne ...