Blake Snell Biography

Blake Snell, born December 4, 1992, is an American professional baseball pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball. He has competed in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, and San Francisco Giants. Snell was chosen by the Rays in the first round of the 2011 MLB draft and began his MLB career with them in 2016. Before the 2021 season, the Rays traded Snell to the Padres, and he earned his second Cy Young Award in 2023. Snell played high school baseball at Shorewood High School in Shoreline, Washington. During his senior year, he posted a 9–0 record, a 1.00 ERA, and recorded 128 strikeouts across more than 63 innings pitched. In 2015, he began the season with the Stone Crabs and was promoted to the Montgomery Biscuits after allowing no runs in 21 innings.