Head to head · 2026 pitching

Paul Skenes vs José Soriano

In 2026 Paul Skenes has been worth 1.5 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2025 by dbWAR.

Paul Skenes PIT

José Soriano LAA

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Paul Skenes	José Soriano
G	32	32
GS	32	32
IP	174.1	177.1
W	10	12
SO	200	169
ERA	3.82	3.91
FIP	3.33	3.90
WHIP	1.12	1.29
K/9	10.3	8.6
BB/9	2.5	3.7
FIP−	80	93
WAR	4.0	2.5

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
Statistic	Paul Skenes	José Soriano
G	87	123
GS	87	83
IP	495.0	501.1
W	31	29
L	24	29
SV	0	0
SO	586	474
BB	123	219
ERA	2.62	3.90
WHIP	1.01	1.31
K/9	10.7	8.5
BB/9	2.2	3.9
HR/9	0.7	0.8
WAR	14.5	7.6

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How these are computed

FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.