Blake Snell has won two Cy Young Awards and pitched 69 2/3 postseason innings in his Major League career. But it was his 2024 campaign with the San Francisco Giants – where he spent just one season and didn't make the playoffs – that he views as a critical turning point in his career.
Snell spent the 2024 season with the Giants, then opted out and signed a five-year, $182 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but not before he learned some valuable lessons to take with him. In a recent interview on TBS, Snell credited one of his former Giants teammates in particular for the role he played in transforming him into the workhorse he's become for LA in 2025, especially during the playoffs.