Blake Snell's Stellar Performance: No-Hitter & Career Highs

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00:00I won a game last night for Blake Snell, ends up throwing a no-hitter for the San Francisco

00:07Giants.

00:08In fact, he's now, according to Sarah Langs, the third pitcher with 25-plus strikeouts,

00:13two or fewer hits, no runs allowed in a two-outing span since 1901.

00:21Joining Max Scherzer, who, by the way, just went on the injured list again yesterday,

00:25and Randy Johnson back in 2001.

00:29I think for, George, for moments of Blake Snell's career, this is going to sound crazy.

00:37He's been the best pitcher in baseball for moments in his career, like weeks, you know,

00:44a week here, a week there, two weeks here, two weeks there.

00:47I think that's why teams are just still so bullish on him.

00:50Yeah.

00:51I mean, that's absolutely true.

00:52He's won a couple of Cy Young Awards here.

00:54It was a great game last night.

00:57The interview after the game, by the way, was hilarious, because when they dumped the

00:59water on him, they forgot to take the cover off, and they knocked him in the head with

01:02it.

01:03And I don't think it was all that thrilled about it.

01:04I don't think it was all that thrilled about him getting his gloves soaked as well.

01:06He's like, oh, I need this glove for the next game, and then somebody would be able to dry

01:09it off.

01:10But it was a great performance last night.

01:11The other outing was when he had 15 strikeouts out of the 18 outs in six innings.

01:15That was amazing.

01:16So he's hot right now.

01:18He's hot.

01:19I'm still surprised, Craig, they didn't trade him.

01:20He's got that player option.

01:22He's not coming back next year.

01:24And as you said, and I agree, they're not making the playoffs.

01:27So you probably should have dealt him to get whatever you could have gotten for him.

01:29Might have been a top-starting pitcher on the market.

01:32Maybe could have gone back to San Diego, Dodgers, hell, I thought maybe the Orioles would be

01:36in the market for him as well here.

01:38So a little surprised he's still a giant.

01:41Yeah, I am too.

01:42So is it true he had a player I've, for some reason, I'm not familiar with his contract.

01:47Did you say that it's a one-year, and then he can opt out?

01:49Or does he have a multi-year?

01:50Oh, he does.

01:51He has a player option, right?

01:52I think it's $30 million to a fan, $30 or $31 million.

01:55He may have taken that, though.

01:57He may have taken that.

01:58Maybe teams are afraid of that.

01:59I don't know.

02:00I don't know.

02:01A portion of what you're saying, I think, George, is correct.

02:04It's hard right now as teams don't know what their projected payroll is for next year to

02:09take on that kind of money right now.

02:10That's what I would say.

02:11I think that's part of it.

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