Looking Under the Hood at Blake Snell’s Fit in Seattle

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports wipin some of that famous spiro’s sauce awayLet’s be honest: FanGraphs can’t tell the whole story. When you evaluate a pitcher like Blake Snell for acquisition, you need to see the full package. Before handing him the keys to the rotation, we need to look at Savant, we need to look at Brooks, we need to look at the full Blake Snell picture. I submit to you all that the most important question surrounding Blake Snell concerns his taste in pizza. You can talk about pitch design all you want. I’m much more interested in his pie design. For those without a subscription to the Athletic, Snell’s favorite pizza from local favorite Spiro’s is The #19: “The Blake Snell.” In the interest of the sort of serious journalism that made Lookout Landing a Mariners internet destination, I intend to evaluate whether The Blake Snell is a worthy pizza of a Mariners ace.

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