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Post by junior on May 8, 2021 12:38:32 GMT -8
Snell hasn't shown me much of anything to get excited about in 7 starts. Even the manager seems a little perplexed about what his problem might be. Just doesn't seem to be able to make pitches where he wants them consistently. At this point it's hard to tell how much his problems are mechanical, physical, or mental, but all three seem to be impacting his performance.
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Post by junior on May 12, 2021 18:21:11 GMT -8
Tough loss. Another start, another head scratcher. Better K/BB ratio today, but still couldn't make it out of the 4th inning because Padres were scratching for runs. Not much control to start the game, but at least some control showed up in the 3rd and 4th. Still not cutting the proverbial mustard… or the fastball.
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Post by junior on May 18, 2021 17:58:53 GMT -8
Location, Location, Location… Hopefully Blake stays on target and keeps his PC low so he can get through a bunch of innings. Great opportunity to do that with Colorado.A breakthrough game is what he needs tonight. Hope he gets it.
Looks like cats and dogs may be getting more treats tomorrow if Blake can continue the K's… even if I don't get a Bonus Jack. Except for a few bad pitches in the second inning, he's been buzzing like a saw through the Rockies so far.
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Post by johneaztec on May 18, 2021 19:11:12 GMT -8
So far pretty good. 8-9 outs by strikeouts so far!!!
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Post by junior on May 18, 2021 22:06:22 GMT -8
Buddy Black's gotta hate how his team lost tonight's game. Sometimes, no matter what you do, you just can't win.
Good grief! Padres pitching staff was responsible for 18 Ks tonight. Colorado batters just tied up in knots.
We should all get two Petco K-9 dog or cat treats tomorrow!
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Post by junior on May 24, 2021 17:26:16 GMT -8
Started out strong with 5Ks. but good Snell disappeared and bad Snell ended up losing this one all on his own. Between poorly placed pitches and just plain old mistakes, he lost the plate. And as a result, he didn't make it through four again. 81 pitches, barely half (5/9) of them strikes.
Is this who he is? Sure hope not.
Two months into the season, though, it's sure starting to make one wonder who the real Snell really is.
Luckily, both LA and SF caught a day off today …
Unluckily, the Padres caught a real ace in Woodruff.
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Post by mayham81 on May 25, 2021 9:28:08 GMT -8
Bad outing by Snell but he didn't lose the game. Woodruff won it. You don't win a lot of games with 0 runs going into the 9th. Snell seems to be in his own head too much. He needs to be aggressive with his fastball in the zone.
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Post by sdsuball on May 25, 2021 16:22:42 GMT -8
Bad outing by Snell but he didn't lose the game. Woodruff won it. You don't win a lot of games with 0 runs going into the 9th. Snell seems to be in his own head too much. He needs to be aggressive with his fastball in the zone. Snell and Gore seem to have a lot in common right now - unhittable stuff, horrible command.
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Post by junior on May 26, 2021 19:50:45 GMT -8
Concentration seems to be one thing he's fighting with right now. He'll just randomly and completely lose the plate and the strike zone along with it. He'll zero it in for 5 or 6 batters and then it's all gone again. Weird.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2021 11:01:41 GMT -8
This guy sucks this year! Is it almost time to send him to the bullpen?
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Post by johneaztec on May 30, 2021 11:19:11 GMT -8
So frustrating, especially when we really need a guy to eat up some innings.
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Post by junior on May 30, 2021 11:22:01 GMT -8
Crapped the field. Again. Kind of glad to see that he’s getting left out there to figure it out. Cy Young indeed… 7 runs in 3 innings, all earned. Padres concerned yet? I am…
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Post by johneaztec on May 30, 2021 11:45:58 GMT -8
Crapped the field. Again. Kind of glad to see that he’s getting left out there to figure it out. Cy Young indeed… 7 runs in 3 innings, all earned. Padres concerned yet? I am… No doubt.
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Post by aztecryan on May 30, 2021 11:52:27 GMT -8
This guy sucks this year! Is it almost time to send him to the bullpen? Not yet. Guys often struggle as they acclimate to a new league. When Greinke was first traded, his first half stats almost mirror Snell's. 5.55 ERA.
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Post by junior on May 30, 2021 12:11:23 GMT -8
… the stats don't reflect today's failure … calltothepen.com/2021/05/25/san-diego-padres-not-gotten-need-blake-snell/Nobody wants to see him achieve more than me. There's something wrong in Snell-land. And until that gets fixed, he's going to be anything but an ace. He's becoming cringeworthy in a hurry. Now they have to waste innings using Musgrove. That's another problem with Snell. He's killing other pitchers' innings because he's apparently unable to get past the third or fourth inning. The suggestion to throw him out of the bullpen as a long reliever is beginning to make more and more sense. Maybe he needs the motivation, maybe he doesn't. What the Padres need is an anchor on the starting staff, but not the kind of anchor that Snell is turning out to be…
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Post by johneaztec on May 30, 2021 12:54:35 GMT -8
… the stats don't reflect today's failure … calltothepen.com/2021/05/25/san-diego-padres-not-gotten-need-blake-snell/Nobody wants to see him achieve more than me. There's something wrong in Snell-land. And until that gets fixed, he's going to be anything but an ace. He's becoming cringeworthy in a hurry. Now they have to waste innings using Musgrove. That's another problem with Snell. He's killing other pitchers' innings because he's apparently unable to get past the third or fourth inning. The suggestion to throw him out of the bullpen as a long reliever is beginning to make more and more sense. Maybe he needs the motivation, maybe he doesn't. What the Padres need is an anchor on the starting staff, but not the kind of anchor that Snell is turning out to be… He's lost his composure. That's about the worst thing that can happen to a pitcher, since many bad things follow after you lose it. Hopefully he can turn it around.
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Post by johneaztec on May 30, 2021 12:56:21 GMT -8
This guy sucks this year! Is it almost time to send him to the bullpen? Not yet. Guys often struggle as they acclimate to a new league. When Greinke was first traded, his first half stats almost mirror Snell's. 5.55 ERA. Getting acclimated is one thing, but when you lose your composure and show it, that's another thing. Hopefully, he can turn it around. We need the old Snell, BIG TIME.
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Post by aztecryan on May 30, 2021 13:02:44 GMT -8
Not yet. Guys often struggle as they acclimate to a new league. When Greinke was first traded, his first half stats almost mirror Snell's. 5.55 ERA. Getting acclimated is one thing, but when you lose your composure and show it, that's another thing. Hopefully, he can turn it around. We need the old Snell, BIG TIME. When did he lose composure today? Never saw that. Being frustrated when your mechanics are not synced is normal. Here you go again trying to insert some kind of weird emotional assumption. He got squeezed on a TON of calls on the corners and the Astros smash lefty fastballs, #1 in the league. This was pretty predictable, given the matchup and the circumstances. Yes, we need Snell to be better. No, it's not time to freak out. It was planned to piggyback him and Musgrove.
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Post by junior on May 30, 2021 13:17:28 GMT -8
That's just the way it had to be today because Snell spit the bit. Again. Luckily, Musgrove was ready and willing to eat up innings despite the fact that he was prepped for a start tomorrow. No, Snell messed up again, and this time because of the bullpen overuse the past few days there just wasn't a better contingency plan than to relieve today using tomorrow's starter.
Damn lucky that Musgrove came in and had the game he had or things might be much worse going forward. Still, Snell isn't pulling his weight right now, and while I'm sure he knows that and hates it, he's gotta get right. His "unhittable stuff" certainly got pounded hard by the Astros today. No command again.
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Post by johneaztec on May 30, 2021 16:41:49 GMT -8
Getting acclimated is one thing, but when you lose your composure and show it, that's another thing. Hopefully, he can turn it around. We need the old Snell, BIG TIME. When did he lose composure today? Never saw that. Being frustrated when your mechanics are not synced is normal. Here you go again trying to insert some kind of weird emotional assumption. He got squeezed on a TON of calls on the corners and the Astros smash lefty fastballs, #1 in the league. This was pretty predictable, given the matchup and the circumstances. Yes, we need Snell to be better. No, it's not time to freak out. It was planned to piggyback him and Musgrove. They didn't plan on piggy backing Musgrove that early. What's weird Ryan is that you can't see it, but I get. Overly frustrated causes you to lose your composure mentally, thus the getting behind hitters, not hitting your spots, etc...
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