Blake Snell Is A NIGHTMARE And It Affects Every Pitcher

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[@jwwj30]

Watching Snell the past few years here in San Diego, he’s truly a smart, funny guy away from the mound. During games he did not pitch, our Padre announcers would always interview Snell during a game from the dugout. He has some of the funniest, wittiest comments from a MLB player. I know that’s not why a team pays him millions of dollars, but someday he could have his own syndicated radio show.

[@jaad9848]

Problem is off the mound him and his agent are not as smart

[@agentcodybanx8909]

Loved his interviews with Don and Mud

[@nda16fm]

As a yankees fan, I can't tell you how relieved I am that Snell turned down that 6/150 contract from the Yanks.

[@saber6855]

100% agree there

[@alexalmonte8499]

Also 100% agree

[@dogtales4331]

im a padres fan and im glad we didn’t sign snell back

[@Yankeesfan-zb8dz]

I'm so glad they went with stroman then snell

[@michaeld808s]

Would’ve been worse contract in Yankees history for a pitcher

[@JoeySmith101]

With the current state of rampant pitcher injuries, does it even make sense to sign a guy for longer than 2 years anymore?

[@GeraldM_inNC]

Draft pitching pitching pitching but let them go free agent. Spend your money on position players.

[@BrutusJrThe3rd]

Depends but I feel you. Someone like Ohtani or a truly elite pitcher I would take the chance. But borderline guys like Snell (even before this yr I thought he was borderline) or Montgomery, I’d pass every time

[@michaelrotter1134]

This is all on Boras for not signing him sooner thus depriving him of spring training

[@kingrama2727]

wtf are you talking about? Snell had offers and Snell turned them down. Boras can’t do anything unless his client says otherwise. Holy 💩 dude

[@drivewithbishop4426]

@@kingrama2727 You think the players are in control? Tell me you don't know about baseball contracts without telling me you don't know baseball contracts.

[@kingrama2727]

@@drivewithbishop4426 wtf are you talking about? Of course the player is in control, the agent negotiates on behalf of the player.. holy 💩 you people are something

[@reidbonvillain5135]

@@kingrama2727yeah tell that to Freddie freeman. He wanted to stay on the Braves and would’ve even took a pay cut to stay but his manager didn’t want him to do that so off to LA he went. Players might tell their agent which team they are interested in but at the end of the day, it’s the team that pays the most money. Which also greatly affects the pockets of the agents. Snell isn’t the only one. All of boras players are struggling. When that happens, then yes it’s the agent at fault.

[@Pro2isGoated]

@@kingrama2727so why does it just happen to be EVERY boras client is having trouble getting signed. there’s definitely a common denominator there it’s the agent not the players

[@jamesross2118]

4 innings per start. He's already in mid season form lol.

[@markb3451]

I’m still in shock that the Angels didn’t sign him to a long overpaid contract. This has Arte Moreno written all over it.

[@MrFox21121]

Arte only signs big bats now. Arms are what his team always needs so naturally he tries to get another bat that always collapses

[@geezushasrisen]

@@MrFox21121Ironic since they haven’t had a good pitcher since maybe Big Sexy and Othani.

[@markb3451]

@@geezushasrisen Weaver was good but he was home grown.

[@geezushasrisen]

@@markb3451 That tall blonde kid that was throwing 105 was supposed to be a stud too. Forgot his name; I’ll come back to this if I remember it Edit: BEN JOYCE. That’s the kid name.

[@markb3451]

@@geezushasrisen I think they just recalled him. They have another kid named Sam Bachman who is supposed to be a stud too but both already have injury issues and chances are they will be poorly developed like Reid Detmers.

[@spood87839]

An ERA bigger than Lizzo! lmao

[@karlnewton5736]

I don’t think that’s possible 😂

[@elite-lf3bv]

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[@jasonthemagnificent2.0]

C'mon be nice. Lizzo HAD A LOT ON HER PLATE

[@botesandhoze6123]

Dying 😂

[@Jackshorts21]

Fr😂

[@JuanNunez2023]

My Mets are going to go through this Scott Boras nonsense with Pete Alonso the upcoming off season if we don't trade him at the deadline this season. Pete has regressed, and Scott Boras is probably going to ask for 10 years at MVP money. It's such a crummy scenario that I'm honestly OK just trading Pete and not getting him back at this point.

[@geezushasrisen]

Pete is the Mets tho. Can’t see him in any uniform.

[@Bert439]

Will never forget how he was dealing in the 2020 World Series. As soon as he was pulled I knew the Dodgers were going to get that win! Hope Snell finds his well deserved contract.

[@edgardorodriguez3710]

Well by the end of this contract he will have earned over 100 million dollars. And if he wasn’t stupid he would have gotten the 6 year 150 from the Yankees. I’m not going to lose any sleep over him making an extra 100 million. Hopefully this will be a cautionary tale for future free agents and not over play there hand

[@cs1458]

Great American is an amazing park. When the Reds were awful you could pay $22 for a ticket, which came with a $20 concession credit, and sit just about anywhere in the park after the 2nd inning. Perfect way to watch the Reds lose by double digits.

[@michaelrotter1134]

Up next Robbie Ray

[@Nickat-fk8ud]

As a Giants fan, I hated the signing from the beginning. He's exactly what he's always been, an unreliable starter who's injured often and when he does pitch, has elite level stuff with no control whatsoever. He'll pitch to a ton of strikeouts, and a ton of walks. He's going to give you 3-5 innings per start, depending how well he can work around the walks on a given night.

[@daniellares454]

I’m glad he and Borajas greed really did bite them back

[@8beazy]

As a Tampa resident he apexed in game 6 of the World Series against the Dodgers. The Rays who weren’t going to resign him anyway decided to rely on good ole analytics taking him out of that game way to early IMO.

[@rg_energy]

This doesn't look like the Phillies apology video 🤔

[@iTalkStudios]

It's coming...

[@RandallBalls]

@@iTalkStudios What did you say about our boys?!

[@billywayne5671]

Snell always starts slow and he has been dealing with a lot of injuries this year. Could easily still come back and be an elite pitcher.

[@televisionsupervision]

Lifelong Rays fan- loved snell but his issues before and after his CY year here was always walks and having them compound in one bad inning. Typically the fourth or fifth, was absolutely maddening. Still, he was back to his old self in game 6 of the WS and Kevin Cash decided to pull him after a weak hit, his only hit given up. When he’s on, and it’s typically when his command of his curve is there, dudes unstoppable. We lost that trade too. Absolutely horrible return.

[@roysreceptive]

The other late signee, Jordan Montgomery, has an ERA above 3.5 and a WHIP above 1.5 The only other starter who has a WHIP worse than him is Patrick Corbin.

[@pje8462]

Lincecum was weirder

[@badluckbro661]

He was a freak

[@THEAmateurSommelier]

I miss that kid

[@anewt72690]

everyone expected him to break down (and he did), but man was it fun for the those first five seasons. 2 Cys, 3 rings, 2 no-hitters.

[@Nickat-fk8ud]

Lincecum was lightning in a bottle, for about a 5 year period he was arguably the best pitcher in the game. His window was short, but extremely dominant, Snell's CY Young's are much weirder because they were won 5 years apart with 4 mediocre seasons in between.

[@pje8462]

@@Nickat-fk8ud Yes, I suppose that's true. What happened to Lincecum? Elbow?

[@JasonThomasLionHeart]

Blake Snell was never worth what Gerrit Cole is worth, but what happened this winter was a market correction that baseball desperately needed - Shohei aside, he is a true unicorn worth every penny and more for what he brings to the game

[@kenn781]

When I told Yankees fans that he would be a horrible signing, I got called a casual and people told me I don’t know baseball.

[@Iamhungey]

I would have kind of been on your side, the guy wasn't consistent on a year by year basis.

[@TeemoQuinton]

I mean with his stats from last year nobody should be a surprise. He's a guy whose had durability concerns since forever, he's clearly lost some of his control and even beyond all that is the definition of inconsistency.

[@markoffenbacher2486]

As a Reds' fan, we saw this in reality with a ridiculous long-term contract for Homer Bailey years ago. His durability was always an issue and this type of market correction for pitchers seemed inevitable. This reminds me of how the market for RBs has shifted in the NFL. I think we will see an eventual shift to shorter contracts that will use performance incentives to drive the total values higher for the more durable guys. This may help to change focus away from the obsession with maximum velo above all else. In sports, regardless the type, the best ability is AVAILABILITY. Nice video, keep up the good work. Hope you had fun at GABP.

[@retrorygaming]

Could you make a video on how much injuries have screwed the Astros? Astros now have THREE pitchers out with Tommy john, a fourth with a different elbow surgery. Luis Garcia should come back this year. And knowing Mccullers, he'll probably be back a couple weeks then out again until 2026. Entire year and it appears the rest of the year will rely on a very depleted farm. Injuries in general has made this season very hard to watch. Had a scare with Tucker last night too. McCorrmick also missed a few weeks. Would love your take on this situation. The two true MLB pitchers available, Framber Valdez and Justin Verlander have been struggling as well. If either of them get a serious injury there will be no hope.

[@retrorygaming]

If you see this, I got the notification you replied to my old comment, I realized essentially what I saw the reply said and just deleted it. But this would probably be a really interesting topic. I also deleted this original comment because I said some things wrong.

[@waynewells3297]

I love beisbol but it’s hard for me to shiv a git about contracts that involve more money than my entire family tree has earned since 1698.

[@StevenEveral]

Blake Snell is from the Seattle area, so he was in some conversations to sign with the M's. Of course, the M's were reluctant to sign a former Cy Young winner because it didn't work out all that well with Robbie Ray.

[@letstalksports4800]

Going into this season I had Blake Snell on my fantasy baseball team in one of my leagues. However, I immediately dropped him because I never cared for Blake Snell and didn’t think he was gonna be good this year. However, my leagues group chat decided to raise hell about me dropping Blake Snell. I was called in idiot for saying that Blake Snell was gonna be terrible this year. 😂😂😂

[@arnoldlopez363]

Yankees were smart for not giving in to what he actually wanted he isn't worth 9 years $270 million 😂😂😂

[@morimo11]

He’s only been available for an entire season twice out of 9 in the league. It isn’t spring training.

[@abneryobech613]

I think he should sign a short term contract with the Rays next season where he had his best seasons

[@jaredfischer6895]

Snell's ERA is bigger than Lizzo lol

[@_snth6710]

"snells era is bigger than lizzo" is priceless 💀💀💀

[@jesserod7204]

Are we gonna get a Monty video after this rough game versus the giants?

[@elasmojones]

Slaughtered my fantasy team for the week...

[@jacobhenninger6226]

Era bigger than lizzy is nuts. Russia would be impressed by the shots fired

[@ComradeArthur]

Over 8+ seasons he's averaged about a 2.5 WAR per season. Adjusted for a 162 game season it's about 3.5 WAR. Quantity matters. He misses lots of games and doesn't go long in the games he does pitch in. I'd be happy to have him on a playoff roster but he'll stress your bullpen in the regular season.

[@calvinwood7120]

As a whole I think the MLB is going to avoiding paying big $$ to pitchers, especially aging pitchers and not ones extended young. Bauer was changing the mold of FA pitchers by taking higher AAV 1 year deals before getting blacklisted by the league. Also MLB teams have already seen Tim Lincecum (funny how snell is a lefty version of Timmy being a chase guy with more walks now playing for the Giants)

[@A_Falling_Cow]

Great video!! Subscribed!

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[@A_Falling_Cow]

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@@A_Falling_Cow What exactly is the content on?

[@A_Falling_Cow]

@@iTalkStudios I’ve been making gaming videos. But I feel like I kinda wanna expand outside of that niche.

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[@his_purpose3]

Genuinely insane how he's so up one year and then so down the next. It's not just a matter of him missing spring training, he's been like this for his whole career.

[@emiliomarrero7587]

Unpopular opinion: pitchers don’t deserve crazy long contracts because 9 times out of 10 they’re either A: bound to get injured or B: not gonna repeat their cy young season because the consistency is just that hard

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Wholeheartedly agreed...

[@felixorozco6514]

As a Giants fan....this sucks🤨⚾💯

[@Samuelito.11]

🤣🫵🏼

[@dogtales4331]

in 21 and 22 he sucked in the first half but great in the second half he is a weird player but this in not usual

[@BigRichfrank]

I was saying he was a dump truck for us padres . 😂😂 Missed that bullet. #SD

[@DDDDD760]

How come every time we see you the video is backwards?

[@stevedegnan4962]

Your hair is evolving man! Love the vid as always!

[@ronpeacock9939]

it's not bad for pitchers.. just one's who are willing to wait too long.. missing ST for a starter is not a good thing.. and he's finding it out and I hear that Monty is struggling a bit too.. just means... sign early to the big money rather than sit through ST to try to squeeze out just a bit more.

[@1TightMinute]

He’ll be great next year though. That’s how it works with him.

[@SipRodgers]

2023 fantasy owners are fans for life, even tho he’s never doing it again lol

[@Iamhungey]

We dodged a bullet there.

[@Samuelito.11]

He’s to busy playing video games all night

[@treysonmcgrady4750]

I swear that’s why he looks perpetually tired, like he’s got bags under his eyes all the time.

[@joshua5212]

Been here since your channel was small you growing fast

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This is barely the beginning...stay aboard and thank you so much for your support

[@thebkkid7182]

Teams pay you based on what you’re projected to do, not what you’ve already done

[@kalebstewart942]

The spring training thing makes sense because it's a routine and if he goes to spring training maybe he feels more comfortable and pitching better

[@playmaker7331]

To his defense, Jordan Montgomery is struggling as well. So maybe missing Spring Training is the problem.

[@charlestran6265]

No way! You came to GABP in Cincy and didn’t tell me? We could’ve gone to Skyline together and gotten a 3-way.

[@jasondousett3620]

As a Mariners fan, I am soooo happy Dipoto didn’t go after him. A lot of chatter out of Seattle looking at signing him but that seems to have been a blessing now (contrary to a lot of Mariner “fans”).

[@LambLord522]

“Snell’s ERA is bigger than Lizzo” 💀

[@BrutusJrThe3rd]

Fam, in order to be “ready”, you have to PLAY THE GAME! This will never change. This applies to every sport.

[@imsleepcuz4726]

But yet for some reason he gets a diamond in mlb the show

[@andrewmontgomery6657]

Even tho it was an accident still mad at snell for hitting bryce Harper’s thumb last year as a Phillies Phan

[@coolioplayz9993]

“Having an ERA bigger than Lizzo.” I didn’t even though that was possible

[@TS1964]

Free Agency goes in cycles. One decade it's the position players that get the best contract. Maybe cause they juice the ball? The following decade pitchers get the best contracts, maybe cause they deaden the ball?

[@joeyg9784]

Reds fan here. Love GABP

[@bobsaget832]

Jordan Montgomery is killing me

[@sah4128]

I know a lot of people other than me were saying “yeah I wouldn’t give Snell what he wants”…. The people in this group are very happy he’s not on their favorite team right now

[@GoldKool5]

The Yankees dodged a bullet with this one! Lol Thank you Snell for being greedy and not signing with the Yankees!

[@thegameradic8916]

At first I was angry that the DBacks didn’t get him but this season I realized how much of a dumbass I was think of that

[@thisguy8106]

Here's my sacrifice to the algorithm gods since I've been watching but not doing my part in the engagement department.

[@christopherb.8465]

Snell's FIP is 4.61 which certainly isn't good, but he hasn't pitched as horrific as his ERA would indicate.

[@williamanderson6006]

But not worth that kind of money

[@tommyfu9271]

He's also a walk machine.

[@415bigk]

5:49: "snell's ERA is bigger than lizzo 😂😂😂 bruh"

[@laartwork]

Pitchers are paid for their past. Yamamoto was paid for his projected future. Both ways it's a risk.

[@Angelo_Productions]

This is why your spring training is important

[@achecase]

I'm rooting for the guy.

[@leger123]

You just murdered a decent pitcher 😮

[@BlackJoePesci]

Thank You Scott Boras, for not letting the Yankees get fleeced this offseason 😘🙏🏿😂

[@Benjamin-et3ii]

Juat give him time...

[@bakerbc15]

That lizzo comment. 10/10 🤣

[@outerspaceslandscapellc]

Bigger than lizzp. nice one

[@woody2875]

bro, where did you get your perm?

[@iTalkStudios]

I'm flattered

[@LDQBBQ]

Terrible, alarming peripheral numbers. CYAs are nice but they really don't represent how effective a pitcher will be in the future. Some guys can just put lightning in a bottle occasionally.

[@Mr1stcat]

As a dodgers fan I know I'm going to catch flak for this but I don't think the Snell signing was a failure because he didn't get a shoulder or God forbid an elbow injury 🤷‍♂️ it's a groin strain, he'll come back from it you gotta give it time to really see if it was a failure, you have to remember he also didn't have spring training because of Boras

[@jasonthemagnificent2.0]

People who put pineapple on pizza belong in jail

[@silentf0e]

This

[@tommyfu9271]

For life!

[@cracklecracklebaybay5612]

The Cy Young is awarded to the statistically best pitcher, unless you're Nolan Ryan.

[@BrutusJrThe3rd]

“Snell’s Era is bigger than Lizzo “ You win 💀 🤣

[@mauldothelastcrafter8194]

I have watched a few of your vids, was going to sub, then you decided to spend half of the video with your face in it. I don't know why KZbinrs think they're being clever with "Oh, it's easier if I just talk to a camera and splice in a few videos, as opposed to actually finding relevant clips to fill the video with," but y'all sure as hell think we don't notice.

[@agentcodybanx8909]

As a Ladres fan, i can telk you that this isnt Snell. Hes streaky but his hot streaks usually last way longer than his bad ones. Him holding out for the money and not getting any kind of training ruined thisbyear for him.

[@iTalkStudios]

What are the Ladres like

[@drivewithbishop4426]

It's mental. He didn't get the contract he was looking for and it obviously affected him. I wish him the best!

[@huhwhatguy]

He's a modern day Saberhagen. It's odd and really doesn't make much sense but that's baseball.

[@iTalkStudios]

Exactly

[@mattwhite4302]

Personality wise or...just going by pitching quality, I feel like Saberhagen was far far better. Snell is an exercise in frustration to watch pitch.

[@jonathanrecinos5894]

A yes Brett Saberhagen he was reliable and was an inngs eater back in his days

[@danr154]

Saberhagen didnt walk people like at all. Not comparable pitchers. Saber was a turbo sinker guy who walked like 15 dudes a year.

[@huhwhatguy]

Some of y'all are missing the point but it's understandable. Google Saberhagen odd year and read perspectives during his era.

[@ivermectin1974]

Snell is a 5 inning pitcher. The Yankees got lucky. The pitchers the Yankees have all of them are better than snell this year. Gil might not have started this year. And he’s the best pitcher in MLB the last 7 games.

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Who's Gil?

[@ChairmanMeow1]

5:48 how big is his ERA? lmfao

[@timw8646]

he is proof that what boras did to hold fa players as late as possible is horrible strategy.

[@SuperRainbol]

You never said why Snell is A NIGHTMARE besides him not pitching a lot of innings and having a bad start to the season, or did you explain how he is affecting every pitcher since those are personal problems he has and do not affect pitchers who can pitch a lot of innings and are having good seasons

[@iTalkStudios]

Did you not watch it?

[@SuperRainbol]

​@@iTalkStudios I did, that's why I brought up things from the video. Every time a team signs a huge contract in every sport they have to accept the risk that the player can get injured or just stop playing well, that's not something new and it never stopped teams from continue to sign big contracts in the future when a player does not live up to the expectations. Snell not playing well in the start of the season is not having the chilling effect you implied he is having (even though in the end you admitted you can't say if he really is affecting every other pitcher)

[@iTalkStudios]

@@SuperRainbol I can't say HOW MUCH he's affecting them but he is, that's what I said. Him proving owners right doesn't help the money flow toward free agent pitchers

[@SuperRainbol]

​@@iTalkStudios him proving owners right about HIM does not impact at all other pitchers that do not have the same problems as he has. This logic never worked in any sport, did teams stop doing huge trades or contracts in the NBA after the Nets big 3 didn't work?

[@Anim3Gamer]

@@SuperRainbolNBA is a bad comp - they have new rules that screw over Super Teams now. Just ask Golden State fans about that.

[@khillsy4489]

Don't use pitchers, save your money, and use a different position player every night. 😂

[@eBell05]

He’s the kind of snelly snell that snells… snelly.

[@colonelcallaway]

Steele should’ve won it last year. Snell got lucky

[@lightechoes]

This is Scott Boras’ fault.

[@chopkix]

It’s officially the dark times of elbodemic

[@geraldponce8336]

As a Giants fan. Yeah not to happy about paying a pitcher $1 million dollars a start and he hasn't done anything yet? Not good

[@geraldponce8336]

But I said the same thing when the Giants gave Barry Zito the big 5 year contract after he lost 8 mph of velocity. Of all is forgiven when he pitched 7 2/3 shutout against the Cardinals in game 5 of NL championship with the Giants down 3-1

[@1TightMinute]

Both Monty and snell got overpaid. Funny how many people were crying about greedy owners.

[@DenzelMarty]

LOVE YOUR CONTENT BROTHER! COLE HAS JUST ONE CY YOUNG AWARD JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY . MUCH RESPECT 🫡

[@brandonmccollum7879]

Follow the back of his baseball card up for 1 down for 3

[@KTFOWNS]

blake snells era is bigger than lizzo, LMFAO