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Pirates 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Pirates Projected Pitching

Through games of Monday, 10 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 0.99)

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: 23 546 499 121 21 2 19 203 32 65 397 1 7 7 4 0 12 675
Braxton Ashcraft, projected: 23 540 492 119 24 2 14 189 36 56 397 1 5 6 3 1 11 627
Lake Bachar, actual: 2 15 14 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 523
Lake Bachar, projected: 2 15 13 3 0 0 1 5 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 648
Hunter Barco, actual: 6 75 60 19 5 0 3 33 12 14 44 0 1 2 0 0 2 1484
Hunter Barco, projected: 6 74 61 19 5 0 3 32 10 12 44 0 1 2 0 0 2 1377
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: 23 508 437 98 22 2 10 154 62 64 349 1 2 5 5 1 9 689
Bubba Chandler, projected: 23 503 441 98 22 2 10 154 53 62 349 1 2 6 5 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: 1 17 15 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 81
Khristian Curtis, projected: 1 17 15 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 324
Wilber Dotel, actual: 14 116 103 27 4 0 2 37 11 17 80 1 1 0 0 1 1 663
Wilber Dotel, projected: 14 115 102 27 4 0 2 37 11 17 80 1 1 0 0 1 1 671
Camilo Doval, actual: 4 15 13 2 0 0 1 5 2 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 517
Camilo Doval, projected: 4 15 13 3 1 0 0 4 2 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 567
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: 13 249 226 52 11 2 10 97 19 34 177 1 1 2 2 0 1 717
Jared Jones, projected: 13 246 223 52 13 2 9 96 19 31 177 0 2 2 2 0 2 698
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: 3 32 28 8 2 0 2 16 4 5 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 979
Antwone Kelly, projected: 3 32 28 8 2 0 2 16 4 5 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 972
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 87 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: 36 156 138 38 12 0 3 59 16 19 104 0 1 1 0 0 0 823
Isaac Mattson, projected: 36 154 133 30 8 0 3 46 17 15 104 1 2 2 0 1 0 662
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: 26 418 381 100 22 1 8 148 32 45 292 0 2 2 3 0 5 697
Carmen Mlodzinski, projected: 26 414 373 94 19 1 8 137 33 42 292 1 3 3 2 1 6 648
Mason Montgomery, actual: 48 197 175 34 7 0 5 56 21 20 141 0 1 0 1 2 5 558
Mason Montgomery, projected: 48 195 169 39 9 0 5 63 23 24 141 1 1 0 2 1 7 685
Noah Murdock, actual: 2 14 10 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1006
Noah Murdock, projected: 2 14 11 4 1 0 0 5 3 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1215
Yohan Ramírez, actual: 48 278 231 46 15 0 4 73 37 24 193 0 0 10 1 9 3 544
Yohan Ramírez, projected: 48 275 229 52 10 1 6 83 32 33 193 2 1 12 2 3 4 699
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 10 2 0 2 16 8 8 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 1116
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: 35 169 143 33 9 0 2 48 16 11 120 2 1 7 0 0 7 589
Evan Sisk, projected: 35 167 140 33 7 1 2 48 17 12 120 2 1 6 0 0 7 629
Paul Skenes, actual: 24 532 482 109 28 2 13 180 36 64 389 1 4 8 4 0 2 575
Paul Skenes, projected: 24 527 486 100 23 1 10 157 33 41 389 0 2 6 4 0 4 446
Gregory Soto, actual: 50 209 181 35 7 1 5 59 21 24 149 2 0 4 1 1 5 559
Gregory Soto, projected: 50 207 177 42 8 1 4 64 23 25 149 1 2 4 2 1 3 693
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: 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 801
Luke Weaver, projected: 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 486
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: 4 15 14 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 492
Kirby Yates, projected: 4 15 13 3 1 0 0 5 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 365
Pirates, Actual: 120 4627 4082 986 223 13 125 1610 437 581 3215 12 26 66 29 17 77 533
Pirates, Projected: 120 4582 4042 966 204 16 109 1530 424 523 3215 16 31 65 27 12 79 503


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.242 0.239
Slugging Average: 0.394 0.379
Walks (per PA): 0.094 0.093
SOs (per PA): 0.241 0.244
On-Base Average: 0.323 0.319
Power Factor: 1.633 1.584
OPS: 0.717 0.697
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 533
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 503
Actual Runs Scored: 581

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