Cubs vs Pirates match player stats | 2026 Series Game 2 Saturday, July 25th

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Cubs @ Pirates Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Teams : Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates
Series Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, July 25th
Time : 25/07/26 18:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Chicago Cubs Series Game 2 Game Today

Shota Imanaga has tallied 17.2 outs per game per started this year, checking in at the 82nd percentile.

,PNC Park has the 10th-deepest left field fences in the league.

,The league’s 6th-highest fences can be found at PNC Park.

,Shota Imanaga is an extreme flyball pitcher (43.1% FB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) and should be aided by pitching in the #26 HR venue in Major League Baseball in this game.

,Out of all the teams playing today, the best infield defense belongs to the Chicago Cubs.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Shota Imanaga in the 80th percentile as it relates to his strikeout ability.

,Shota Imanaga was in good form in his last game started and accumulated 7 strikeouts.

,Shota Imanaga’s 2500-rpm fastball spin rate this year is in the 92nd percentile out of all SPs.

,Shota Imanaga has recorded a 14.1% Swinging Strike% this year, checking in at the 94th percentile.

,When estimating his strikeout ability, Paul Skenes projects as the 12th-best pitcher in Major League Baseball currently, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Paul Skenes has been granted an above-average leash this year, throwing 6.7 more adjusted pitches-per-game than league average.

,Paul Skenes has compiled a 13% Swinging Strike rate this year, grading out in the 84th percentile.

,Paul Skenes has put up a 30.6% strikeout rate this year, placing in the 97th percentile.

Negatives with the Pittsburgh Pirates Series Game 2 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects PNC Park as the 3rd-best stadium in the majors for BABIP.

,Shota Imanaga has used his sinker 5.4% more often this year (6.6%) than he did last year (1.2%).

,Shota Imanaga’s 91.1-mph fastball velocity this year is in the 6th percentile among all starting pitchers.

,The #4 field in Major League Baseball for suppressing strikeouts, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is PNC Park.

,PNC Park sits at the 6th-highest altitude in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to more offense.

,Paul Skenes’s fastball velocity has fallen 1.2 mph this year (96.3 mph) below where it was last year (97.5 mph).

,Among all SPs, Paul Skenes’s fastball spin rate of 2180 rpm ranks in the 17th percentile this year.

,Paul Skenes’s high usage rate of his fastball (51.4% this year) is likely dampening his results, considering they are typically much less effective than breaking or off-speed pitches.

,Paul Skenes projects as the 2nd-best starting pitcher in the game currently, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Paul Skenes was on point in his previous outing and allowed 1 ER.

,Paul Skenes has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his ERA this year; his 3.43 figure is a fair amount higher than his 2.91 FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching, an estimator of ERA that focuses on the things a pitcher has the most control over).

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