Ben Shields or Paul Skenes

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Ben Shields or Paul Skenes Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	65.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	75	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.03	‐

WHIP	0.87	‐

Ben Shields or Paul Skenes Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	31	‐

Innings Pitched	186.8	‐

Wins	13	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	145	‐

Earned Runs	55	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	220	‐

Walks	47	‐

ERA	2.67	‐

WHIP	1.03	‐

Ben Shields or Paul Skenes Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Paul Skenes allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits in 5.1 innings, while walking three and striking out 10, as the Pirates lost to the Cubs, 7-2, on Thursday. David Leisering Fri, May 29th
	Paul Skenes allowed four runs on nine hits, walked one, and struck out only two in five innings of work against the Blue Jays on Saturday. The Pirates lost, 5-2, in Toronto. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
	Paul Skenes was charged with five runs on five hits in five-plus innings on Sunday as the Pirates suffered a 6-0 loss to Philadelphia. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
	Paul Skenes took a perfect game into the fifth and a no-hitter into the seventh on Tuesday, but settled for eight innings of two-hit ball to defeat the Rockies, 3-1. David Leisering Wed, May 13th
	Paul Skenes allowed two hits in eight shutout innings on Wednesday as he outdueled Michael Soroka and pitched the Pirates to a 1-0 win over Arizona. He did not walk a batter and struck out seven. David Leisering Thu, May 7th
Notes
	Paul Skenes lived up to the hype in 2025, overpowering hitters with elite velocity and swing-and-miss stuff while maintaining strong run prevention in his first extended MLB action. Sure, his record was 10-10, and he probably could have been a 20-game winner on almost any other team. His 2026 projections remain aggressive on strikeouts and ratios, and he is expected to pitch almost 200 innings after throwing 187 in 2025. The year-over-year takeaway is how quickly his command stabilized, limiting walks more than expected for a power arm. Skenes profiles as a high-impact fantasy SP1 whose value is driven by dominance rather than volume alone. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Ben Shields or Paul Skenes Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#103	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#374	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#148
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#100	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#123	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#371
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#329	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#397
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#144	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (4-3)	#35	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#249
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#211
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#74	@ SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#108	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#202	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#89	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#289
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#76	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#21	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#107	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#201
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#79	vs SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#211
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#300
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#60	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#69	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#374
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (0-0)	#190	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#100
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#140	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#136
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#203	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-0)	#31
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (3-1)	#199
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#71	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#66	vs NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#102
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#87	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#64	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#37
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#96	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#423	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#337	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#156
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#37	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-1)	#7	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#71
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#52
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#117	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#170
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#85	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#79
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#86	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#232	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#66
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#94
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (1-2)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-1)	#237	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#254
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#108	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#68	vs SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#13
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#75	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#81	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#120	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#121	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#420
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#195	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (3-0)	#31	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#114	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL			vs PIT
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL			vs PIT
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL			vs PIT
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI			vs MIA
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH			vs SF
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH			vs SF
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH			vs SF
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL			@ SF
Fri, Jul 10th	vs MIL			@ SF
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL			@ SF
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#17
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#86
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#115
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#143
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#179
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF