匹兹堡海盗队王牌投手保罗·斯肯斯在MLB全明星赛期间回应了关于他球速下降及上半赛季表现的质疑。他表示自己依然充满信心，并不担心球速从新秀赛季的98.8英里/小时降至本赛季的96.6英里/小时。
身为卫冕国联赛扬奖得主的斯肯斯形容自己的上半赛季既奇怪又有趣。他的防御率（ERA）为3.57，比预期高出0.86，但诸如预期被打击率和三振率等其他数据仍接近其职业生涯常态。
他为自己的四缝线快速球表现进行了辩护，指出对手对该球种的打击率仅为.195。斯肯斯表示，投好球并不一定依赖于球速，并强调自己的身体状况良好。
斯肯斯为自己的上半赛季打出了B级评分，并称赞了投手教练比尔·墨菲。他提到在7月1日于费城对阵时，他在4局内丢掉8分，此后做出了一些调整，包括在最近两次先发中增加了快速球的使用比例。
斯肯斯对海盗队进入下半赛季充满信心，认为球队目前处于一个不错的位置。
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