Starting pitcher Blake Snell is thrilled to join the San Diego Padres after the Tampa Bay Rays dealt him in a blockbuster deal this offseason. He just wasn't quite ready to leave Florida.
In an essay published by The Players' Tribune on Thursday, Snell said it took a while to process the December trade after reaching the World Series in Tampa.
"I have to be honest," Snell wrote of the trade. "In that moment, and even for a few weeks after, there was a huge part of me that was just really, really sad.