Blake Snell Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 225 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 12/4/1992 (31)
- Experience
- 8
- College
- None
Blake Snell Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Blake Snell News
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Blake Snell (groin) resumed playing catch on flat ground on Friday, which is a good sign for a player who is dealing with a multi-week absence due to a strained left groin. Snell believes he can rejoin San Fran's rotation right around May 7, when he's first eligible for activation from the 15-day injured list. The 31-year-old reigning National League Cy Young Award winner has obviously been a massive fantasy bust with an 11.57 ERA, 1.97 WHIP, and 12:5 K:BB through 11 2/3 innings (three starts), but his elite strikeout upside when healthy means he can't be jettisoned to any waiver wires. In the interim, former second-round pick Sean Hjelle may be needed as a starter for the Giants and has a 5.79 ERA and 0.85 WHIP with two punchouts and one walk in 4 2/3 frames this year. He'd line up for a decent matchup with the Boston Red Sox at some point next week in this case.
San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin classified left-hander Blake Snell's groin strain as moderate, and he could stay on the injured list beyond the 15 days, but that's to be determined right now. Snell felt the groin strain while throwing a bullpen session the other day and shut himself down briefly, but he didn't feel good when he tried throwing again. He was scheduled to make his next start on Wednesday against the New York Mets. In a bullpen game against the Mets on Wednesday, Ryan Walker will serve as the opener. The 31-year-old Snell is not only hurt now but is 0-3 with a rough 11.57 ERA and 1.97 WHIP with 12 strikeouts in 11 2/3 innings in his first three starts with the Gigantes. Fantasy managers must stash the two-time Cy Young winner in an IL spot in all leagues and hope that he'll be better when he returns to full health.
The San Francisco Giants placed left-hander Blake Snell (groin) on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday (retroactive to April 23) with a left-adductor strain and recalled right-hander Landen Roupp from Triple-A Sacramento in a corresponding move. Snell was scratched from his next start on Wednesday against the New York Mets and will now miss at least the next two weeks. The 31-year-old reigning National League Cy Young winner hasn't had a good year so far in 2024 after signing with the Giants just before the start of the regular season. In his three starts so far, he's 0-3 with an 11.57 ERA, 1.97 WHIP, five walks and 12 strikeouts in 11 2/3 innings. Fantasy managers need to keep Snell stashed in an IL start everywhere, but expecting him to bounce back to his Cy Young form from a year ago after he returns may be foolish.
Batting Order
1 | Jung Hoo Lee |
2 | LaMonte Wade Jr. |
3 | Matt Chapman |
4 | Michael Conforto |
5 | Patrick Bailey |
6 | Jorge Soler |
7 | Thairo Estrada |
8 | Mike Yastrzemski |
9 | Tyler Fitzgerald |
Blake Snell Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Jung Hoo Lee |
2 | LaMonte Wade Jr. |
3 | Matt Chapman |
4 | Michael Conforto |
5 | Patrick Bailey |
6 | Jorge Soler |
7 | Thairo Estrada |
8 | Mike Yastrzemski |
9 | Tyler Fitzgerald |
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Blake Snell appeared to be showing early in 2023 that his 2018 Cy Young Award-winning season was an aberration, submitting a 5.40 ERA through his first nine starts of the year. Snell flipped that script in a hurry, however, embarking on the warpath to his second career Cy Young trophy with a brilliant final 23 appearances. Over this period, the former Tampa Bay Ray notched a 1.20 ERA (2.74 FIP) and 186:72 K:BB in 135 innings. Although he stumbled a bit in August, Snell tossed at least five frames in each of these showings, surrendering one run or less in 17 of them. Snell's Achilles heel was an obvious one; his league-worst 99 walks prevented him from delivering more length for the injury-plagued San Diego Padres rotation. While Snell's 31.4% strikeout rate sat in the top six percent of baseball, and he ranked first in MLB with 5.8 hits per nine innings, his lack of control lent itself to one of Statcast's highest contrasts in actual (2.25) and expected ERAs (3.79). All told, risk tolerance is the name of the game when it comes to drafting Snell in 2024. The two-time ERA title holder has three campaigns with an ERA of 4.04 or worse in his career. Due to this inconsistency, Snell faced a hesitant market in free agency this offseason based on his desired contract but was finally able to net a two-year, $62 million deal on March 18 to land with a division rival at another pitcher-friendly ballpark in the Bay Area. That leaves the 31-year-old strikeout machine as a high-risk, high-reward investment in fantasy drafts for his bat-missing upside, but daily implosion downside.