Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting pitcher Paul Skenes has come out and revealed that he believes his involvement in the World Baseball Classic is one reason to blame for his inconsistency and alarming drop in velocity in 2026.
Skenes spoke to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on Monday and discussed his mechanics throughout the year, and the challenges that came with playing in the WBC before of the regular season.
“There are a lot of other factors, so I don’t want to put everything on [the WBC],” Skenes said. “But I feel like that was kind of the root of it a little bit.”
Of course the most glaring disparity in Skenes’ game in 2026 was his drop in…
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