Good morning Birdland,
While the San Diego Padres have been receiving deserved plaudits for their flurry of moves this week, that hasn’t completely overshadowed the fact that the Tampa Bay Rays decided to trade away one of their best players just months after falling two games short of a World Series title.
Blake Snell is 28 years old. He won the AL Cy Young award in 2018 and just wrapped up a solid season in which he posted a 3.24 ERA, 131 ERA+ and struck out 63 batters over 50 innings pitched.