Tarik Skubal projection

Tarik Skubal (LHP, LAD) projects to strike out 31.0% of batters, walk or hit 6.0% and allow home runs to 2.40%, working about 5.8 innings per start.

2026 season: 27 starts, 164.7 innings, 193 strikeouts, 34 walks + HBP, 15 home runs.

2025 Statcast: xwOBA allowed 0.258, CSW 31.836%.

Whiff rate 32.5%, barrels allowed 8.1%, hard-hit rate 33%. Projections are regressed toward league average by sample size (2472 batters faced in the weighted sample), so small samples move less.

Recent starts

DateInningsPitches
2026-10-03694
2026-09-25775
2026-09-19586
2026-09-14790
2026-09-087.394

Runs allowed per nine innings this season: 2.9. How these numbers feed each game projection is explained on the methodology page, and how to read a pitcher projection explains each number above.

Next start: 2026-10-11 vs MIL

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