Blake Snell tried shaking off the rust, but it looked superglued to his $62-million left arm.
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Blake Snell #7 throws against the Washington Nationals in the first inning of their MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Before Monday, Snell hadn’t pitched in a big league game since last September, when he tossed six shutout innings against the Giants at Oracle Park while making his final start with the San Diego Padres. The Nationals put together a huge second inning without ever hitting a ball harder than 90 mph off the bat. Two walks, a bloop single, a slow roller and a double steal turned into three runs for the Nats, who wiped out the Giants’ early 1-0 lead.
Overall, Snell generated 10 whiffs on 24 swings, a 42% whiff percentage that’s even better than his 37% mark last year, when he won the Cy Young and struck out a career-high 234 batters with a sparkling 2.25 ERA. Mike Yastrzemski went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and is now 1-for-20 with 11 strikeouts to start the year.
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