Two of the best pitchers in the world started on Monday. Not against each other, but I was intrigued to see how Blake Snell and Trevor Bauer would fare, with Snell the reigning Cy Young champ and Bauer one of the top contenders going after his throne.
As Snell could have said after his outing: "Not today."
Against a Diamondbacks team that had just scored 27 runs over the weekend in Colorado and ranked fourth in the majors in runs per game, Snell took a perfect game into the sixth inning and finished with just one hit allowed and nine K's in six scoreless innings in a 12-1 victory for the Rays.