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What went wrong for Blake Snell on Opening Day

2018 Cy Young winner Blake Snell has a straight forward approach to his game. Facing hitters in general, Snell starts hitters the vast majority of the time with his superior fastball, then gradually moves to his curve to put hitters away.

If Snell falls behind in the count and the hitter is right handed, he’s begin dropping in the change. If the hitter is left handed, he’ll continue to ride the fastball, but at any time may also break out the slider. Snell does not use the change against LHH (in fact, a left handed hitter did not see a change up from Snell once last year!