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Pirates 2025 Projected Pitching Performance


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2025 Pirates Projected Pitching

Through games of Sunday, 28 September 2025.
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 1.011)

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: 26 292 264 63 16 1 3 90 24 22 209 1 1 2 1 1 5 553
Braxton Ashcraft, projected: 26 295 267 64 16 1 3 91 24 22 209 1 1 2 1 1 5 561
Hunter Barco, actual: 2 12 12 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 393
Hunter Barco, projected: 2 12 12 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 405
David Bednar, actual: 42 154 142 32 4 2 2 46 10 12 114 0 1 1 0 2 4 491
David Bednar, projected: 42 156 140 30 7 1 3 49 13 15 114 1 1 1 0 2 4 536
Ryan Borucki, actual: 35 126 110 26 8 0 4 46 12 20 92 1 2 1 0 1 1 629
Ryan Borucki, projected: 35 127 113 27 6 1 4 46 11 16 92 1 1 1 2 1 3 713
Mike Burrows, actual: 23 402 362 88 11 2 13 142 31 43 288 0 4 5 1 1 8 680
Mike Burrows, projected: 23 406 364 88 11 2 14 144 33 44 288 0 4 5 1 1 8 697
Génesis Cabrera, actual: 9 46 43 12 6 0 2 24 1 6 33 0 1 1 0 0 0 835
Génesis Cabrera, projected: 9 47 40 9 2 0 2 16 5 6 33 0 0 1 0 0 1 774
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Bubba Chandler, actual: 7 124 117 25 6 1 2 39 4 14 94 0 0 3 1 0 3 455
Bubba Chandler, projected: 7 125 118 25 6 1 2 39 4 14 94 0 0 3 1 0 3 463
Michael Darrell-Hicks, actual: 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
Michael Darrell-Hicks, projected: 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
Bailey Falter, actual: 22 457 410 95 22 1 17 170 39 53 340 3 4 1 1 0 10 613
Bailey Falter, projected: 22 462 422 111 24 1 18 190 32 61 340 2 3 2 1 0 10 714
Caleb Ferguson, actual: 45 176 154 33 8 0 1 44 14 18 130 1 2 5 0 2 6 443
Caleb Ferguson, projected: 45 178 157 37 7 0 4 57 16 19 130 1 1 4 2 1 3 641
Tom Harrington, actual: 3 50 42 18 5 0 3 32 7 15 26 0 1 0 0 0 1 2481
Tom Harrington, projected: 3 51 42 18 5 0 3 32 7 15 26 0 1 0 0 0 1 2430
Andrew Heaney, actual: 26 525 469 125 33 1 24 232 39 74 361 4 4 9 2 0 7 884
Andrew Heaney, projected: 26 531 482 121 25 2 22 215 37 67 361 2 3 8 3 0 5 810
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Colin Holderman, actual: 24 125 104 34 7 0 4 53 16 21 77 1 2 2 0 1 5 1276
Colin Holderman, projected: 24 126 108 27 5 0 3 40 13 15 77 1 2 2 0 1 4 851
Mitch Keller, actual: 32 749 686 171 40 2 21 278 51 91 529 0 1 10 2 0 23 703
Mitch Keller, projected: 32 757 680 181 38 4 20 289 59 94 529 2 5 12 4 0 19 785
Justin Lawrence, actual: 17 69 59 9 4 0 0 13 8 1 53 0 0 2 0 2 1 248
Justin Lawrence, projected: 17 70 59 16 3 0 1 23 9 10 53 0 1 1 0 1 2 705
Isaac Mattson, actual: 44 198 172 35 7 0 4 54 19 14 143 2 3 2 1 2 0 515
Isaac Mattson, projected: 44 200 170 34 7 0 3 50 24 16 143 2 2 2 1 2 0 512
Tim Mayza, actual: 7 40 37 9 4 0 1 16 1 3 28 0 1 1 1 0 0 776
Tim Mayza, projected: 7 40 37 9 2 0 1 15 3 4 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 625
Carmen Mlodzinski, actual: 34 419 385 102 20 2 8 150 27 42 297 3 0 4 2 0 2 640
Carmen Mlodzinski, projected: 34 424 380 93 17 1 8 135 35 42 297 2 3 4 2 1 6 619
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Dauri Moreta, actual: 18 68 60 16 2 0 2 24 7 8 50 0 1 0 0 1 3 654
Dauri Moreta, projected: 18 69 60 12 4 0 1 21 7 8 50 0 1 1 0 0 2 531
Kyle Nicolas, actual: 31 167 146 34 7 1 3 52 18 21 114 0 1 2 1 0 3 710
Kyle Nicolas, projected: 31 169 144 36 6 0 3 52 21 22 114 0 2 3 0 0 1 737
Johan Oviedo, actual: 9 170 143 26 4 0 6 48 23 17 121 0 1 3 2 0 4 637
Johan Oviedo, projected: 9 172 148 34 8 1 5 57 19 20 121 0 1 3 1 0 2 738
Tanner Rainey, actual: 11 37 28 7 1 0 0 8 6 9 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 807
Tanner Rainey, projected: 11 37 31 7 1 0 1 13 6 5 23 0 0 1 0 0 1 825
Yohan Ramírez, actual: 24 155 134 33 8 0 4 53 16 25 100 0 1 4 2 1 1 891
Yohan Ramírez, projected: 24 157 133 35 6 1 3 52 15 24 100 1 1 8 1 1 3 905
Cam Sanders, actual: 6 34 29 9 1 0 2 16 5 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1423
Cam Sanders, projected: 6 34 29 9 1 0 2 16 5 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1431
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Dennis Santana, actual: 70 270 246 44 8 3 5 73 17 18 211 0 4 3 1 0 3 386
Dennis Santana, projected: 70 273 239 53 11 2 5 83 26 33 211 1 3 4 1 1 4 546
Chase Shugart, actual: 35 181 160 33 7 2 6 62 17 18 135 0 3 1 1 2 2 583
Chase Shugart, projected: 35 183 163 35 7 2 6 62 17 19 135 0 3 1 1 2 2 616
Evan Sisk, actual: 14 54 45 11 1 0 1 15 5 6 37 1 1 2 0 0 1 684
Evan Sisk, projected: 14 55 45 11 1 1 1 16 7 5 37 1 1 1 0 0 3 891
Paul Skenes, actual: 32 733 684 136 37 2 11 210 42 45 563 0 1 6 6 0 4 388
Paul Skenes, projected: 32 741 689 137 30 2 12 208 44 45 563 0 1 7 5 0 6 390
Hunter Stratton, actual: 3 21 17 10 1 0 1 14 2 7 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 5083
Hunter Stratton, projected: 3 21 19 5 1 0 1 8 1 2 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1404
Jared Triolo, actual: 1 8 7 3 1 0 1 7 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5672
Jared Triolo, projected: 1 8 7 3 1 0 1 7 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5670
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Joey Wentz, actual: 19 115 102 25 5 1 2 38 11 14 78 0 1 1 3 2 8 844
Joey Wentz, projected: 19 116 103 28 5 1 4 46 12 17 78 0 1 1 1 0 4 981
Pirates, Actual: 162 5982 5374 1267 285 21 153 2053 473 645 4292 18 43 73 29 18 105 634
Pirates, Projected: 162 6047 5405 1299 264 24 156 2078 506 669 4292 18 42 79 29 15 103 665


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.236 0.240
Slugging Average: 0.382 0.384
Walks (per PA): 0.079 0.084
SOs (per PA): 0.220 0.234
On-Base Average: 0.304 0.312
Power Factor: 1.620 1.600
OPS: 0.686 0.697
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 634
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 665
Actual Runs Scored: 645

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