Blake Snell spoke out in support of Wendle,

“If Joey played for the Yankees, do you think Joey would have been on there? Joey would have been on ESPN every day,’’ Snell said. “The man is special. For him not to be on there, I’m sad.’’

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So, put that all together and we’re left with a pitcher who is quite effective the first two times through the order with a weakness on balls in the air.