Blake Snell

Bats L Throws L6'4" 225 lbBorn 1992 Seattle, USADebut 2016Team LAD1x All-StarDraft 2011 RC-A #52 Tampa Bay Rays, Shorewood (WA) HSContract 5 y/$182M (25-29)+cdl opt* 2026: $27,869,485

Awards: All-MLB First Team, Cy Young Award, NL Cy Young

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	569	28.2	10.5	2.53	20.9	6.75	108.2
2027							106.8
2028							104.7

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 102 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Stephen Strasburg	2021	113.0	42.9	23
2	Chris Sale	2021	113.6	113.2	25
3	Kerry Wood	2009	107.0	106.4	201
4	Zack Wheeler	2022	107.3	112.9	787
5	Shelby Miller	2023	100.1	109.9	225
6	Zack Greinke	2016	107.4	115.0	801
7	Tim Hudson	2008	105.8	95.6	180
8	Carlos Carrasco	2019	104.7	109.6	280
9	Sonny Gray	2022	108.7	115.8	754
10	Collin McHugh	2019	101.5	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	LAD	11	0	0	0	0	0
2024	SF	20	0	0	0	0	0
2023	SD	32	0	0	0	0	0
2022	SD	25	0	0	0	0	0
2021	SD	27	37	1	4	0	17	0.118	0.118	0.118	0.235	-40.2
2020	TB	11	0	0	0	0	0
2019	TB	23	0	0	0	0	0
2018	TB	31	3	0	0	1	1	0.000	0.667	0.000	0.667	217.8
2017	TB	24	7	0	0	1	1	0.000	0.167	0.000	0.167	-32.3
2016	TB	19	3	0	0	1	1	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333	48.3
Career		223	50	1	4	3	20	0.095	0.174	0.095	0.269	-18.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									569				106.8
2026*									63				138.2	99.6	137.8
2025	LAD	5	4	2.35	11	11	0	61.3	254	3	26	72	113.7	101.4	115.1
2024	SF	5	3	3.12	20	20	0	104.0	418	6	44	145	121.4	101.1	122.5
2023	SD	14	9	2.25	32	32	0	180.0	742	15	99	234	115.9	100.5	116.4
2022	SD	8	10	3.38	24	24	0	128.0	535	11	51	171	106.9	99.5	106.4
2021	SD	7	6	4.20	27	27	0	128.7	550	16	69	170	102.3	100.4	102.8
2020	TB	4	2	3.24	11	11	0	50.0	203	10	18	63	102.4	98.4	100.8
2019	TB	6	8	4.29	23	23	0	107.0	441	14	40	147	104.7	97.5	102.2
2018	TB	21	5	1.89	31	31	0	180.7	700	16	64	221	120.9	101.2	122.2
2017	TB	5	7	4.04	24	24	0	129.3	547	15	59	119	103.9	101.1	105.1
2016	TB	6	8	3.54	19	19	0	89.0	401	5	51	98	96.9	104.2	101.1
Career		81	62	3.15	222	222	0	1158.0	4791	111	521	1440	109.9		110.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	37	83.5	-13.0	0.0	15.0	37.3	30.0	0.133	0.156	0.128	21.4
2018	3					33.3	12.5	0.000	0.000	0.470
2017	7	88.0	-11.0	0.0	20.0	8.3	12.5	0.191	0.209	0.261
2016	3	68.8	-36.6	0.0	0.0	42.9	42.9	0.021	0.021	0.243

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	P	11	61	1	5	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2024	SF	P	20	104	5	8	1	0	0.929	+0.6
2023	SD	P	32	180	4	13	1	0	0.944	+0.4
2022	SD	P	24	128	4	10	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2021	SD	P	27	129	4	9	0	2	1.000	+0.3
2020	TB	P	11	50	1	7	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2019	TB	P	23	107	1	14	1	1	0.938	-1.3
2018	TB	P	31	181	1	18	1	1	0.950	+1.1
2017	TB	P	24	129	6	13	0	1	1.000	+0.8
2016	TB	P	19	89	1	18	0	0	1.000	+2.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	A	Ontario Tower Buzzers	Pit	31	8.0 IP, 48% K	1.12
2026	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Pit	49	11.2 IP, 29% K	4.82
2025	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Pit	33	8.2 IP, 39% K	1.10
2024	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	56	14.2 IP, 45% K	3.17
2017	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	187	44.0 IP, 33% K	2.66
2016	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	270	63.0 IP, 33% K	3.29
2015	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Pit	82	21.0 IP, 33% K	0.00
2015	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Pit	268	68.2 IP, 29% K	1.58
2015	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	171	44.1 IP, 33% K	1.84
2014	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Pit	161	40.1 IP, 26% K	1.80
2014	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Pit	330	75.1 IP, 23% K	3.95
2013	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Pit	447	99.0 IP, 24% K	4.27

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.047	0.180	0.056	0.150
2018	0.467			0.467
2017		0.117		0.117
2016		0.233		0.233

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	3	2	3.18	6	5	0	34.0	21	3	13	41	1.00
2022	2	0	4.77	3	3	0	13.2	14	1	9	17	1.74
2020	2	2	3.03	6	6	0	29.7	20	5	14	37	1.15
2019	0	1	1.69	3	1	1	5.3	4	1	0	7	0.75
Career	7	5	3.28	18	15	1	82.2	59	10	36	102	1.16