Blake Snell's Stellar Performance: No-Hitter & Career Highs
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00:00I won a game last night for Blake Snell, ends up throwing a no-hitter for the San Francisco
00:07Giants.
00:08In fact, he's now, according to Sarah Langs, the third pitcher with 25-plus strikeouts,
00:13two or fewer hits, no runs allowed in a two-outing span since 1901.
00:21Joining Max Scherzer, who, by the way, just went on the injured list again yesterday,
00:25and Randy Johnson back in 2001.
00:29I think for, George, for moments of Blake Snell's career, this is going to sound crazy.
00:37He's been the best pitcher in baseball for moments in his career, like weeks, you know,
00:44a week here, a week there, two weeks here, two weeks there.
00:47I think that's why teams are just still so bullish on him.
00:50Yeah.
00:51I mean, that's absolutely true.
00:52He's won a couple of Cy Young Awards here.
00:54It was a great game last night.
00:57The interview after the game, by the way, was hilarious, because when they dumped the
00:59water on him, they forgot to take the cover off, and they knocked him in the head with
01:02it.
01:03And I don't think it was all that thrilled about it.
01:04I don't think it was all that thrilled about him getting his gloves soaked as well.
01:06He's like, oh, I need this glove for the next game, and then somebody would be able to dry
01:09it off.
01:10But it was a great performance last night.
01:11The other outing was when he had 15 strikeouts out of the 18 outs in six innings.
01:15That was amazing.
01:16So he's hot right now.
01:18He's hot.
01:19I'm still surprised, Craig, they didn't trade him.
01:20He's got that player option.
01:22He's not coming back next year.
01:24And as you said, and I agree, they're not making the playoffs.
01:27So you probably should have dealt him to get whatever you could have gotten for him.
01:29Might have been a top-starting pitcher on the market.
01:32Maybe could have gone back to San Diego, Dodgers, hell, I thought maybe the Orioles would be
01:36in the market for him as well here.
01:38So a little surprised he's still a giant.
01:41Yeah, I am too.
01:42So is it true he had a player I've, for some reason, I'm not familiar with his contract.
01:47Did you say that it's a one-year, and then he can opt out?
01:49Or does he have a multi-year?
01:50Oh, he does.
01:51He has a player option, right?
01:52I think it's $30 million to a fan, $30 or $31 million.
01:55He may have taken that, though.
01:57He may have taken that.
01:58Maybe teams are afraid of that.
01:59I don't know.
02:00I don't know.
02:01A portion of what you're saying, I think, George, is correct.
02:04It's hard right now as teams don't know what their projected payroll is for next year to
02:09take on that kind of money right now.
02:10That's what I would say.
02:11I think that's part of it.