Last Friday, former Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price stated that “his [Snell] stuff was better than my stuff at his age. I like his stuff way more.” Sure, that’s agreeable. Price had the fastball (73%)/slider (16.4%) combination, but the current curveball/changeup combination he possesses now, was merely just a work in progress, throwing each pitch 3.7% and 6.4% respectively.
Pitchers with a fastball/slider combination always present a risk of becoming just a two-pitch pitcher and ending up in the bullpen, so learning a third-pitch (change-up) was ever present for Price, and he was in the system to do so.