Blake Snell
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2011 | Rd: C-A, #52, Tampa Bay Rays | Shorewood (WA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 8 10 3.38 24 24 0 128 171 1.20
2023 14 9 2.25 32 32 0 180 234 1.19
2024 5 3 3.12 20 20 0 104 145 1.05
9 Seasons 76 58 3.19 211 211 0 1,096.2 1,368 1.22
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 24 8-10 3.38 128 171 1.20
2023 32 14-9 2.25 180 234 1.19
2024 20 5-3 3.12 104 145 1.05
9 Seasons 211 76-58 3.19 1,096.2 1,368 1.22
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 23 1716 252 8 3.2 2.0 87.4 110.4 12.6 39.7 .246 .358 .324 .314 .360 29.8 24.4 12.7 3.54 4.16
2017 24 2278 368 16 4.3 2.9 86.4 113.1 13.3 30.4 .232 .384 .308 .306 .345 30.0 21.8 10.8 4.04 4.01
2018 25 2918 414 30 7.2 4.3 87.5 117.9 10.7 33.1 .202 .341 .246 .274 .358 32.7 31.6 9.1 1.89 3.13
2019 26 1891 253 12 4.7 2.7 88.3 111.5 15.0 31.2 .204 .325 .301 .265 .352 32.0 33.3 9.1 4.29 3.04
2020 27 872 122 12 9.8 5.9 87.8 109.7 6.6 35.2 .233 .406 .312 .310 .413 36.9 31.0 8.9 3.24 4.07
2021 28 2347 308 34 11.0 6.2 89.3 112.7 12.5 39.3 .232 .431 .305 .335 .440 41.2 30.9 12.5 4.20 4.82
2022 29 2341 311 23 7.4 4.3 90.1 113.5 17.1 39.2 .207 .337 .282 .279 .363 39.5 32.0 9.5 3.38 3.19
2023 30 3168 405 30 7.4 4.0 87.2 112.2 10.6 37.0 .208 .350 .266 .300 .375 33.8 31.5 13.3 2.25 3.77
2024 31 1773 228 13 5.7 3.1 86.5 111.6 14.6 32.9 .178 .278 .241 .250 .322 28.9 34.7 10.5 3.12 2.57
Player 19304 2661 178 6.7 3.9 87.8 117.9 12.7 35.3 .214 .355 .283 .292 .368 33.8 30.2 10.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Snell relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(46.4%) ,
Curveball
(26.1%) ,
Changeup
(17.5%) ,
Slider
(10.0%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 38.9 23.8 31.0 6.3 28.2 39.7 32.1 3.2 27.4 26.6 32.1 6.3 3.2 2.0
2017 44.8 25.0 21.7 8.4 31.3 36.1 32.1 5.2 32.1 26.9 23.6 6.3 4.3 2.9
2018 45.7 26.1 23.4 4.8 27.5 40.8 30.7 3.4 35.7 25.8 22.2 4.8 7.2 4.3
2019 38.7 22.9 28.5 9.9 37.5 34.0 28.5 0.8 32.4 28.1 27.3 6.7 4.7 2.7
2020 50.0 19.7 27.0 3.3 37.7 39.3 23.0 4.9 38.5 18.9 23.8 4.1 9.8 5.9
2021 41.6 29.2 24.4 4.9 35.7 39.9 24.4 6.2 28.2 24.0 23.1 7.5 11.0 6.2
2022 37.3 30.5 25.4 6.8 33.8 36.0 30.2 2.9 25.1 30.9 27.7 6.1 7.4 4.3
2023 43.7 24.9 26.4 4.9 37.3 35.3 27.4 4.9 32.1 22.2 23.7 7.9 7.4 4.0
2024 42.5 26.8 21.9 8.8 38.6 37.3 24.1 4.4 31.6 31.6 20.6 5.7 5.7 3.1
Player 42.4 25.9 25.2 6.5 33.6 37.5 28.6 4.0 31.2 26.3 24.7 6.3 6.7 3.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Changeup SF L 311 85.5 27.2 -3.6 13.7ARM -0.6 10.3 -4.4 13.7ARM -0.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball SF L 822 95.9 11.1 1.6 5.8ARM -0.5 18.7 3.1 5.8ARM -2.4
2024 Curveball SF L 462 81.1 50.6 -1.5 12.2GLV 5.3 -8.7 0.7 12.2GLV 4.8
2024 Slider SF L 178 88.7 27.8 -4.7 2.2GLV -1.4 6.9 -5.4 2.2GLV -2.9
2023 Changeup SD L 584 86.7 25.5 -3.1 12.8ARM -1.3 11.0 -4.7 12.8ARM -1.2
2023 Slider SD L 416 88.4 28.0 -5.0 3.0GLV -0.7 7.1 -5.3 3.0GLV -2.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball SD L 1541 95.5 11.4 1.6 4.6ARM -1.1 18.8 3.5 4.6ARM -3.3
2023 Curveball SD L 627 81.0 52.6 -0.1 12.6GLV 5.7 -10.4 2.0 12.6GLV 4.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 5 822 46.4 166 .200 .303 .283 24.4 25.3 21.3 .194 .341 .292 33.0
2024 Curveball 2.1 10 462 26.1 138 .111 .183 .182 49.8 50.7 29.9 .125 .170 .177 25.0
2024 Changeup 0.2 1 311 17.5 80 .236 .319 .292 47.6 25.0 29.0 .247 .334 .298 25.0
2024 Slider 0.5 1 178 10.0 34 .167 .267 .247 44.6 38.2 21.7 .169 .290 .258 29.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 5 1,541 48.6 344 .255 .389 .368 19.5 18.9 18.6 .288 .500 .404 43.4
2023 Curveball 3.5 22 627 19.8 175 .079 .140 .138 56.3 62.3 33.5 .098 .164 .148 30.9
2023 Changeup 2.2 13 584 18.4 141 .185 .266 .259 46.8 18.4 26.3 .204 .299 .273 15.3
2023 Slider 1.0 4 416 13.1 82 .123 .260 .212 53.6 41.5 25.0 .160 .293 .247 32.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 309 85.5 98 17.1 10:30 10:00 30
2024 Curveball 454 81.1 67 17.1 4:45 4:15 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 804 95.9 94 19.2 11:15 11:30 -15
2024 Slider 173 88.6 49 6.7 12:15 12:45 -30
2023 Changeup 580 86.7 98 16.7 10:30 10:15 15
2023 Curveball 621 81.0 72 18.5 5:00 4:30 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,510 95.5 92 18.9 11:15 11:30 -15
2023 Slider 414 88.4 46 7.3 12:15 1:00 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 401 1,716 10 9 -14 -6 -1
2017 545 2,275 8 22 -16 -10 4
2018 697 2,913 19 42 -13 -5 43
2019 460 1,982 4 9 -4 -5 4
2020 321 1,386 5 15 -7 -4 10
2021 549 2,347 8 24 -16 -11 5
2022 598 2,616 18 17 -17 -7 12
2023 742 3,168 27 39 -17 -6 44
2024 418 1,773 10 23 -13 -4 16
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 1,716 47.5 60.1 77.8 26.6 59.6 45.5 57.6 42.5 27.9 7.3 66.4
2017 2,278 42.7 65.4 82.9 26.6 55.0 44.0 53.7 43.2 26.4 5.8 75.6
2018 2,918 44.2 63.8 76.8 30.8 45.6 42.9 57.2 45.4 34.7 5.9 75.6
2019 1,891 44.2 65.2 77.2 36.0 39.2 41.2 68.0 48.9 38.4 6.7 68.5
2020 872 42.1 67.3 78.1 33.3 47.0 39.3 63.5 47.6 33.7 6.9 70.0
2021 2,347 45.2 66.9 80.0 25.8 42.2 40.0 57.6 44.4 31.8 7.0 73.9
2022 2,341 45.5 68.6 77.8 30.6 46.5 41.8 64.7 47.9 32.8 6.5 82.4
2023 3,168 39.9 65.6 76.2 27.9 41.2 41.9 59.3 42.9 37.3 5.1 71.0
2024 1,773 42.8 65.3 74.5 31.6 41.1 43.4 64.8 46.0 37.7 5.4 62.1
Player 19,304 43.7 65.3 77.9 29.5 45.6 42.3 60.1 45.2 33.6 6.2 72.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2016 47 53 74 86 17 82 92 78 83 74 3 82 22 71 98 41 73
2017 57 70 64 56 54 44 80 69 74 52 16 64 38 70 92 50 88
2018 85 88 81 62 87 18 35 73 72 92 35 95 82 88 83 57 89
2019 91 88 93 91 88 65 89 58 83 92 33 99 98 82 73 43 87
2020 55 55 48 40 65 13 17 58 51 84 46 86 89 78 80 38 97
2021 23 58 31 17 25 13 8 36 29 89 10 84 27 75 87 21 90
2022 77 83 78 64 73 36 46 12 32 92 27 90 62 81 93 25 86
2023 66 88 81 69 47 25 60 84 83 94 4 98 38 76 90 38 86
2024 96 98 99 93 91 64 82 92 99 98 19 98 81 79 89 48 83
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.3 5 6.2 -1 5 9 0 0.0
2017 23.0 15 13.0 2 6 7 8 53.3
2018 23.4 16 14.9 1 11 9 7 43.8
2019 24.3 15 15.2 0 5 14 4 26.7
2020 24.4 15 12.7 2 1 10 5 33.3
2021 23.8 16 17.9 -2 7 12 10 62.5
2022 24.8 12 11.6 0 7 8 6 50.0
2023 24.1 15 15.5 -1 4 10 8 53.3
2024 25.5 6 6.7 -1 0 4 5 83.3
Player 24.0 115 113.7 1 46 83 53 46.1
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 5 9 3 5 6 5 8 4 5 3 6 5 6 5 8 5 1 3 8 7 7 6 11 11 5 7 6 11 8 7 5
2017 15 13 13 12 15 12 15 13 9 11 11 17 12 12 11 13 11 11 16 14 14 14 16 13 13 11 13 17 15 13 9
2018 16 19 11 14 13 14 16 14 13 11 13 18 20 12 13 16 12 13 14 18 18 17 22 17 10 12 14 17 20 15 12
2019 15 17 13 14 17 16 19 15 14 9 15 19 12 16 15 13 13 13 15 19 15 17 19 17 13 13 14 19 15 16 13
2020 15 15 14 13 14 14 14 12 11 8 13 11 10 12 14 13 13 14 13 14 14 14 16 13 9 9 13 14 14 13 10
2021 16 20 17 13 18 18 22 17 13 13 15 18 20 15 18 20 16 17 18 17 19 20 21 20 17 16 18 22 22 16 21
2022 12 10 11 12 10 10 12 13 10 9 10 11 14 12 13 13 11 12 14 10 13 12 15 14 8 11 11 11 15 12 10
2023 15 14 16 14 15 15 16 14 15 13 14 15 18 15 16 16 16 14 16 17 16 17 20 16 13 12 17 17 18 15 15
2024 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 5 8 5 7 8 7 5 7 5 5 5 6 8 5 6 9 8 6 6 7 9 8 8 7
Player 115 123 104 103 116 111 130 107 98 82 104 122 119 104 115 114 98 102 120 124 121 123 149 129 94 97 113 137 135 115 102
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.2 94.3 0.1 ↑ 95.8 1.5 ↑ 95.5 -0.3 ↓ 95.0 -0.5 ↓ 95.1 0.1 ↑ 95.8 0.7 ↑ 95.5 -0.3 ↓ 95.9 0.4 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.4 86.3 0.9 ↑ 87.5 1.2 ↑ 86.3 -1.2 ↓ 87.9 1.6 ↑ 88.3 0.4 ↑ 87.1 -1.2 ↓ 86.7 -0.4 ↓ 85.5 -1.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 79.7 83.0 3.3 ↑ 83.4 0.4 ↑ 82.3 -1.1 ↓ 83.8 1.5 ↑ 84.0 0.2 ↑ 86.0 2.0 ↑ 83.9 -2.1 ↓ 83.2 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.4 86.4 -1.0 ↓ 87.5 1.1 ↑ 88.3 0.8 ↑ 87.8 -0.5 ↓ 89.3 1.5 ↑ 90.1 0.8 ↑ 87.2 -2.9 ↓ 86.5 -0.7 ↓
Launch Angle 12.6 13.3 0.7 ↑ 10.7 -2.6 ↓ 15.0 4.3 ↑ 6.6 -8.4 ↓ 12.5 5.9 ↑ 17.1 4.6 ↑ 10.6 -6.5 ↓ 14.6 4.0 ↑
Barrel % 3.2 4.3 1.1 ↑ 7.2 2.9 ↑ 4.7 -2.5 ↓ 9.8 5.1 ↑ 11.0 1.2 ↑ 7.4 -3.6 ↓ 7.4 0.0 5.7 -1.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 29.8 30.0 0.2 ↑ 32.7 2.7 ↑ 32.0 -0.7 ↓ 36.9 4.9 ↑ 41.2 4.3 ↑ 39.5 -1.7 ↓ 33.8 -5.7 ↓ 28.9 -4.9 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 39.7 30.4 -9.3 ↓ 33.1 2.7 ↑ 31.2 -1.9 ↓ 35.2 4.0 ↑ 39.3 4.1 ↑ 39.2 -0.1 ↓ 37.0 -2.2 ↓ 32.9 -4.1 ↓
xBA .246 .232 -0.014 ↓ .202 -0.030 ↓ .204 0.002 ↑ .233 0.029 ↑ .232 -0.001 ↓ .207 -0.025 ↓ .208 0.001 ↑ .178 -0.030 ↓
BA .269 .234 -0.035 ↓ .178 -0.056 ↓ .241 0.063 ↑ .228 -0.013 ↓ .214 -0.014 ↓ .216 0.002 ↑ .181 -0.035 ↓ .174 -0.007 ↓
xwOBA .314 .306 -0.008 ↓ .274 -0.032 ↓ .265 -0.009 ↓ .310 0.045 ↑ .335 0.025 ↑ .279 -0.056 ↓ .300 0.021 ↑ .250 -0.050 ↓
wOBA .324 .308 -0.016 ↓ .246 -0.062 ↓ .301 0.055 ↑ .312 0.011 ↑ .305 -0.007 ↓ .282 -0.023 ↓ .266 -0.016 ↓ .241 -0.025 ↓
xSLG .358 .384 0.026 ↑ .341 -0.043 ↓ .325 -0.016 ↓ .406 0.081 ↑ .431 0.025 ↑ .337 -0.094 ↓ .350 0.013 ↑ .278 -0.072 ↓
SLG .367 .390 0.023 ↑ .300 -0.090 ↓ .391 0.091 ↑ .429 0.038 ↑ .375 -0.054 ↓ .342 -0.033 ↓ .286 -0.056 ↓ .263 -0.023 ↓
K% 24.4 21.8 -2.6 ↓ 31.6 9.8 ↑ 33.3 1.7 ↑ 31.0 -2.3 ↓ 30.9 -0.1 ↓ 32.0 1.1 ↑ 31.5 -0.5 ↓ 34.7 3.2 ↑
BB% 12.7 10.8 -1.9 ↓ 9.1 -1.7 ↓ 9.1 0.0 8.9 -0.2 ↓ 12.5 3.6 ↑ 9.5 -3.0 ↓ 13.3 3.8 ↑ 10.5 -2.8 ↓
Swing % 42.5 43.2 0.7 ↑ 45.4 2.2 ↑ 48.9 3.5 ↑ 47.6 -1.3 ↓ 44.4 -3.2 ↓ 47.9 3.5 ↑ 42.9 -5.0 ↓ 46.0 3.1 ↑
Whiff% 27.9 26.4 -1.5 ↓ 34.7 8.3 ↑ 38.4 3.7 ↑ 33.7 -4.7 ↓ 31.8 -1.9 ↓ 32.8 1.0 ↑ 37.3 4.5 ↑ 37.7 0.4 ↑
In Zone % 47.5 42.7 -4.8 ↓ 44.2 1.5 ↑ 44.2 0.0 42.1 -2.1 ↓ 45.2 3.1 ↑ 45.5 0.3 ↑ 39.9 -5.6 ↓ 42.8 2.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.5 57.3 4.8 ↑ 55.8 -1.5 ↓ 55.8 0.0 57.9 2.1 ↑ 54.8 -3.1 ↓ 54.5 -0.3 ↓ 60.1 5.6 ↑ 57.2 -2.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.6 26.6 0.0 30.8 4.2 ↑ 36.0 5.2 ↑ 33.3 -2.7 ↓ 25.8 -7.5 ↓ 30.6 4.8 ↑ 27.9 -2.7 ↓ 31.6 3.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 22.4 21.9 -0.5 ↓ 26.2 4.3 ↑ 35.4 9.2 ↑ 33.0 -2.4 ↓ 28.4 -4.6 ↓ 32.0 3.6 ↑ 29.0 -3.0 ↓ 34.2 5.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 57.6 53.7 -3.9 ↓ 57.2 3.5 ↑ 68.0 10.8 ↑ 63.5 -4.5 ↓ 57.6 -5.9 ↓ 64.7 7.1 ↑ 59.3 -5.4 ↓ 64.8 5.5 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 398 .320 311 71 22.8 87 13 14.9
2017 Shifts 545 .307 471 85 18.0 74 25 33.8
2018 Shifts 698 .246 561 35 6.2 137 28 20.4
2019 Shifts 440 .301 366 40 10.9 74 20 27.0
2020 Shifts 202 .310 155 31 20.0 47 7 14.9
2021 Shifts 549 .305 427 2 0.5 122 47 38.5
2022 Shifts 535 .282 438 8 1.8 97 18 18.6
2023 Shades 742 .266 617 13 2.1 125 56 44.8
2024 Shades 418 .241 351 6 1.7 67 2 3.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 488 18.5 17.4% 3.3% 338 24.5 1.2% 22.2%
2017 714 17.5 21.0% 2.8% 401 24.0 0.2% 10.5%
2018 973 16.7 29.7% 1.2% 413 24.9 0.2% 11.1%
2019 545 18.3 12.8% 3.3% 233 27.5 0.0% 30.0%
2020 274 19.4 5.8% 6.6% 111 27.4 0.0% 24.3%
2021 705 18.6 9.8% 2.6% 326 26.8 0.0% 26.1%
2022 699 19.0 13.0% 3.7% 326 26.1 0.0% 25.8%
2023 964 15.8 35.7% 0.3% 465 21.1 0.0% 0.6%
2024 522 15.8 34.1% 0.2% 229 20.2 0.0% 0.9%

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Pitch Distribution

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