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Pirates 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Pirates Projected Pitching

Through games of Monday, 31 August 2026.
All results are from true, unadjusted data.

Explanation of the Table

The Table below shows two lines for each pitcher and for the team as a whole: Actual and Projected. The Actual lines are just what it says: the actual stats for this season to date; the Projected lines want a little explanation.

The projecting has two steps. The first is simple: for each man, we calculate the ratio of his current-season-to-date BFPs (Batters Faced Pitcher, the equivalent of Plate Appearances for batters) to his career BFPs, then multiply all his career stats by that ratio to get what one might call his “raw” career-performance data pro-rated to his current-year number of BFPs. So, as a hypothetical example, a man with 5,000 career BFPs and 250 BFPs this season would have a ratio of 250/5000, or .050; so, if he had yielded, say, 1215 career Hits, his raw projected Hits number for this season would be 1215 x .05, or 61 (if the calculated number is fractional, as with 60.75, we round it off to the nearest whole number).

That much is simple and, we hope, clear. The second adjustment takes a little explaining. It derives from the fact that—for a team or for an individual man—the number of BFPs that will be had for a given number of Outs made (which is to say “innings played”) depends exactly on the on-base percentage: the higher the on-base percentage, the more BFPs the man or team will see in any given number of innings.

To clarify: imagine a staff with a great .250 on-base percentage; that number means that, on average, one man in four that they see at the plate will get on safely. The converse of that is that three men in four will make out. (For simplicity’s sake in this elementary example, we ignore outs made on the bases.) So, in an average inning, the batters, to make the three outs that constitute an inning, will send 4 men to the plate. If we next imagine a staff with an equally absurd .500 on-base percentage, only half the batters it faces make an out: thus, to make the three outs that define an inning, the batters would have—again, on average—to send 6 men to the plate. So (as should be intuitively obvious anyway), for a given number of innings, a higher OBP means more PAs.

The consequence of that is that each man’s “raw”stat projections, which were based on his BFPs for this season, are slightly inaccurate, because his—and the team’s—BFPs would be different (perhaps higher, perhaps lower) from what they are if all the men were performing at their career rates. To correct for that, we calculate each man’s career "outs rate" (all Outs made per plate appearance, which does include outs made behind him on the bases) and multiply it by his percentage of the staff’s total BFPs; we then sum up those outs rates to get a projected team Outs rate, and from that—holding Outs made (which, again, is just innings played) constant—we can reckon the projected team BFP total. We can then adjust each projected stat line by the ratio of expected team BFPs to actual BFPs (which normally yields a number fairly close to, but not equalling,1.0), giving us the true projected stats for each man and for the team.

(For this season for this team’s pitching, the adjustment factor, rounded to three decimal places—the actual calculations use many more decimals— is 0.991)

Incidentally, that last adjustment is the reason that even rookies, whose whole “career” is just the current season, can have “adjusted” lines that differ slightly from their actual data lines, and why the TPP numbers here may differ slightly from those on other pages here.

You can see the overall “win-capability” of the team (its wins projected from these team numbers and the corresponding team batting numbers) at our “Projected Team-Performances” page.

The Table

Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Braxton Ashcraft, actual: 27 645 595 138 22 2 21 227 35 70 481 1 7 7 6 0 12 588
Braxton Ashcraft, projected: 27 639 586 137 26 2 16 216 40 63 481 1 5 6 5 1 12 564
Lake Bachar, actual: 8 66 57 9 1 0 4 22 9 6 50 0 0 0 0 0 3 609
Lake Bachar, projected: 8 65 57 12 2 0 3 22 6 7 50 0 1 1 0 0 1 648
Hunter Barco, actual: 7 87 71 21 5 0 4 38 13 17 53 0 1 2 0 0 2 1319
Hunter Barco, projected: 7 86 72 21 5 0 3 37 11 15 53 0 1 2 0 0 2 1157
Brandan Bidois, actual: 15 80 64 19 1 0 5 35 12 16 47 1 2 1 0 0 1 1483
Brandan Bidois, projected: 15 79 63 19 1 0 5 35 12 16 47 1 2 1 0 0 1 1501
Tyler Callihan, actual: 4 15 12 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 801
Tyler Callihan, projected: 4 15 12 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 810
Bubba Chandler, actual: 26 569 490 110 25 3 11 174 68 72 393 1 3 6 7 1 9 688
Bubba Chandler, projected: 26 564 494 110 25 3 11 173 59 70 393 1 2 7 7 1 10 648
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Khristian Curtis, actual: 2 27 24 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
Khristian Curtis, projected: 2 27 24 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 81
Chris Devenski, actual: 3 12 12 5 0 0 1 8 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1945
Chris Devenski, projected: 3 12 11 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 432
Wilber Dotel, actual: 15 123 108 27 4 0 2 37 13 17 86 1 1 0 0 1 1 611
Wilber Dotel, projected: 15 122 107 27 4 0 2 37 13 17 86 1 1 0 0 1 1 616
Camilo Doval, actual: 13 55 42 8 1 0 1 12 11 4 38 0 1 1 0 0 2 659
Camilo Doval, projected: 13 54 47 10 2 0 1 16 6 6 38 0 1 1 0 1 2 623
Brandon Eisert, actual: 7 33 29 10 3 0 0 13 4 6 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 987
Brandon Eisert, projected: 7 33 29 8 2 0 1 14 3 4 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 833
Rafael Flores, actual: 1 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1166
Rafael Flores, projected: 1 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1134
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Jared Jones, actual: 16 312 280 66 16 2 12 122 27 40 218 1 2 2 3 0 1 765
Jared Jones, projected: 16 309 279 65 17 2 11 121 25 38 218 0 2 3 2 0 2 709
Mitch Keller, actual: 22 503 451 117 26 2 15 192 42 73 347 0 2 8 3 0 12 796
Mitch Keller, projected: 22 498 447 119 25 3 14 190 39 63 347 1 3 8 3 0 12 803
Antwone Kelly, actual: 4 36 32 8 2 0 2 16 4 5 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 902
Antwone Kelly, projected: 4 36 32 8 2 0 2 16 4 5 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 891
Justin Lawrence, actual: 23 106 90 22 6 1 4 42 12 20 66 0 0 4 3 1 1 1129
Justin Lawrence, projected: 23 105 88 23 5 1 2 36 14 16 66 1 1 2 1 1 2 958
Ron Marinaccio, actual: 4 25 21 5 2 0 1 10 2 4 16 0 0 2 0 0 1 1028
Ron Marinaccio, projected: 4 25 21 4 1 0 1 8 3 3 16 0 0 1 0 0 1 810
Isaac Mattson, actual: 37 166 146 40 13 0 3 62 18 20 110 0 1 1 1 0 0 844
Isaac Mattson, projected: 37 164 142 32 8 0 3 49 19 16 110 1 2 2 1 1 0 670
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Carmen Mlodzinski, actual: 30 480 438 119 24 1 9 172 36 57 327 0 2 3 5 0 5 767
Carmen Mlodzinski, projected: 30 475 429 109 21 1 9 159 38 51 327 1 3 4 3 1 6 680
Mason Montgomery, actual: 57 227 204 37 7 0 5 59 22 20 167 0 1 0 2 2 6 475
Mason Montgomery, projected: 57 225 196 44 10 0 5 69 26 26 167 1 1 0 2 1 8 608
Noah Murdock, actual: 3 15 11 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 837
Noah Murdock, projected: 3 15 11 4 1 0 0 5 3 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1188
Yohan Ramírez, actual: 55 315 262 51 16 0 4 79 42 30 218 0 0 11 3 9 4 547
Yohan Ramírez, projected: 55 312 259 59 12 1 7 93 37 38 218 2 1 13 2 4 5 701
Cam Sanders, actual: 9 48 36 9 2 0 1 14 10 9 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 1051
Cam Sanders, projected: 9 48 39 9 1 0 1 13 7 7 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 828
Dennis Santana, actual: 44 186 162 42 13 0 8 79 21 30 125 1 0 2 1 2 5 915
Dennis Santana, projected: 44 184 161 36 8 1 4 59 18 23 125 1 2 3 1 1 3 655
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Evan Sisk, actual: 38 182 149 33 9 0 2 48 20 12 127 2 2 9 0 0 7 620
Evan Sisk, projected: 38 180 148 34 8 1 2 49 21 13 127 2 2 8 0 0 8 669
Paul Skenes, actual: 27 594 536 121 30 2 14 197 41 69 435 2 5 9 4 0 3 565
Paul Skenes, projected: 27 588 542 112 26 2 11 175 37 46 435 1 2 7 4 0 4 450
Gregory Soto, actual: 59 245 214 41 10 1 5 68 24 25 177 2 0 4 1 2 6 512
Gregory Soto, projected: 59 243 208 49 9 1 5 75 27 29 177 1 2 4 2 1 4 675
Hunter Stratton, actual: 2 12 12 5 1 0 0 6 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1433
Hunter Stratton, projected: 2 12 11 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 567
José Urquidy, actual: 5 36 34 15 4 0 1 22 2 10 19 0 0 0 1 0 3 2451
José Urquidy, projected: 5 36 33 8 2 0 1 14 2 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 842
Luke Weaver, actual: 8 34 31 8 3 0 0 11 3 4 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 628
Luke Weaver, projected: 8 34 30 8 2 0 1 13 3 4 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 709
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Kirby Yates, actual: 13 51 46 11 1 0 1 15 5 3 37 0 0 0 0 0 3 580
Kirby Yates, projected: 13 51 44 9 2 0 2 16 5 5 37 0 0 1 0 0 2 623
Pirates, Actual: 138 5290 4664 1107 247 14 136 1790 505 643 3694 13 31 73 41 18 88 594
Pirates, Projected: 138 5241 4627 1088 228 18 123 1725 486 590 3694 16 34 75 34 14 89 563


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.237 0.235
Slugging Average: 0.384 0.373
Walks (per PA): 0.095 0.093
SOs (per PA): 0.240 0.245
On-Base Average: 0.320 0.316
Power Factor: 1.617 1.585
OPS: 0.703 0.689
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 594
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 563
Actual Runs Scored: 643

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