Blake Snell Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 225 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 12/4/1992 (31)
- Experience
- 7
- College
- None
Blake Snell Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Blake Snell News
A visit to Seattle as the special guest of the Seattle Seahawks has spiked rumors that the lefty starter and the Seattle Mariners could have mutual interest. Snell, a native of Washington that graduated from Seattle suburb Shoreline before being a first-round draft pick by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011. He spent his first five MLB seasons with the Rays, winning the Cy Young for Tampa Bay in 2018. He's pitched the last three seasons for the San Diego Padres after a trade from the Rays. The 2023 season was an impressive one for Snell, as he posted a 14-9 record and 2.25 ERA over 180 innings, with 234 strikeouts, earning him his second career Cy Young Award. In his eight pro seasons, Snell, who will turn 31 in December, has won 71 games over 191 starts with a 3.20 ERA and 1,223 strikeouts over 992 2/3 innings. The 6'4" left-hander should have wide interest as one of the best pitchers in the market, but with a need in the rotation for Seattle and his continued residence in the Seattle area in the offseason make the Mariners a logical potential fit.
Free-agent starting pitchers Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery and Sonny Gray could wait for Japanese starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto to set this winter's pitching market with a deal expected by many to blow past the $200 million mark. "I think the big dominoes need to fall," a National League executive said. This year's free-agent market is particularly top-heavy, so the market has been slow to develop until names like Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, Cody Bellinger and Josh Hader find their new homes. Snell, the NL Cy Young winner in 2023, Montgomery and Gray will all do quite well for themselves after having big seasons this past year. Yamamoto will officially be posted by Nippon Professional Baseball on Tuesday.
San Diego Padres left-hander Blake Snell won the 2023 National League Cy Young award, becoming the seventh pitcher in MLB history to win a Cy Young in both leagues, joining Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord Perry, Roy Halladay and Max Scherzer. It came at a great time, too, as Snell will be highly coveted as a free agent this offseason. Snell received 28 of 30 first-place votes to finish in front of Logan Webb and Zac Gallen. The 30-year-old southpaw lead all of baseball with a 2.25 ERA in 2023, including a 1.20 ERA in his final 23 starts. Snell also led the majors with 99 walks, but he was dominant otherwise and led in opponents batting average (.181), hits per nine innings (5.8) and ERA+ (182) in 180 innings. His 234 strikeouts were second in the NL.
Blake Snell Stats
Last 10 Games
San Diego Padres starter Blake Snell started 2022 as one of the worst pitchers in the league, posting a 5.22 ERA in the first half, but turned it around midseason, finishing with a 3.38 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 32% strikeout rate, and eight wins over 24 starts. He found success when he curbed his changeup usage and threw his fastball more, a pitch with 81st-percentile velocity and 91st-percentile spin. Snell also used a slider and curveball, the former getting whiffs at a 46.4% rate and the latter generating 5.5 inches above average of horizontal movement and producing a 43.1% whiff rate. Altogether, the 30-year-old remained elite in terms of plate discipline numbers, with a 32.8% whiff rate and 30.6% chase rate, and now owns a 31.8% strikeout percentage over the past five campaigns. Snell allows lots of balls in the air, with a 29.2% and 30.5% fly ball rate in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Combined with high strikeout rates, the 2018 Cy Young winner allowed just a .213 average over the last two seasons, so he won't hurt fantasy managers' WHIP despite high walk rates (10.4% during his career). Snell will be a four-category contributor next year with the ability to rack up double-digit wins with the Padres, so his 125 ADP is a steal for fantasy managers.
