Blake Ashton Snell was born on December 4,1992, and is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball.
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24 Facts About Blake Snell
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Blake Snell made his MLB debut with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016 and won the Cy Young Award in the American League in 2018, when he was an All-Star and led the league in both wins and earned run average.
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Blake Snell started 2014 with Bowling Green and was promoted to the Charlotte Stone Crabs in May On August 2, he pitched a rain-shortened no-hitter against the Daytona Cubs.
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Blake Snell started 2015 with the Stone Crabs and was promoted to the Montgomery Biscuits after allowing no runs in 21 innings to start the season.
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Blake Snell was promoted to the major leagues to make his debut on April 23,2016, at Yankee Stadium.
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At the beginning of the 2017 season, Blake Snell failed to work into the sixth inning in almost all of his first eight games, and was routinely touching 100 pitches in the fourth inning.
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Blake Snell opened the 2018 season as the number two starter, behind Chris Archer.
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Blake Snell ended the game allowing no runs in six innings and recorded 12 strikeouts.
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On September 18, Blake Snell recorded his 20th victory on the season, becoming the first Ray to accomplish this since David Price in 2012.
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Blake Snell became the youngest pitcher to win the award in consecutive months since Johan Santana in 2004.
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Blake Snell allowed two or fewer runs in 27 of his 31 starts and one or zero runs in 21 starts.
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Blake Snell led all major league pitchers in left on base percentage, stranding 88.
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Blake Snell became the second Rays pitcher to win the award, after Price in 2012.
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On March 21,2019, Blake Snell agreed to a five-year contract worth $50 million to keep him with the Rays through the 2023 season; it is the largest deal given to a major league pitcher before they reached salary arbitration.
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Blake Snell tied the record for the AL lead in wild pitches, with seven.
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Blake Snell started the first game of the postseason against the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card Series.
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Blake Snell started Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees.
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Blake Snell started Games 1 and 6 of the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros.
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Blake Snell allowed one run through five innings in Game 1 and two runs through four innings in Game 6.
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Blake Snell became the first player in World Series history to strike out nine or more batters in fewer than five innings pitched.
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Blake Snell initially had trouble going deep into games, not completing six innings until his ninth start of the year.
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Blake Snell missed a pair of starts in the summer due to a bout with food poisoning.
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Blake Snell was placed on the IL the following day, and he would not return.
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Blake Snell owned a home in St Petersburg, Florida but sold it for $1.
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