Epic MLB Pitching Duel: Snell vs. Sale in Low-Scoring Battle
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00:00All right, Craig, you mentioned it last night in San Francisco, the reigning National League Cy Young winner, San Francisco's Blake Snell, who won the hardware last year in San Diego, and the NL Cy Young frontrunner this year, Atlanta's Chris Sale, facing off in a game where both were scoreless and nearly unhittable, and both struck out at least 11 guys on the other side.
00:23It was scoreless in regulation.
00:25In extras, Travis Darnot and RBI's Zach Fly wins it for the Braves, a game they desperately needed to add to the win column.
00:34But, Craig, as you're watching this last night, Chris Sale for Atlanta, Blake Snell on the other side for San Francisco.
00:40What was going through your mind watching this pitching duel?
00:43Yeah, I was on last night with Joe Ranieri.
00:45We were talking about this and going over maybe this is the best pitching matchup of the season to this point.
00:51You know, look, Sale has been fantastic from start to finish.
00:53There's a reason why Blake Snell is not in that Cy Young conversation.
00:57He got off to that slow start.
00:59He signed very late in spring training.
01:01I think that definitely hurt the beginning of the season.
01:04But even going back to last year, Ben, and going back to Blake Snell with Tampa in the postseason, I think that you can make the case that in a short sample, if you just needed one pitcher who is at his best for five or six innings in all of baseball,
01:20you may take Blake Snell.
01:22I mean, when he is on, he is that good.
01:25He may be the very best pitcher in baseball.
01:28Last year, he was able to put it together for an entire season to win the Cy Young.
01:32This year, it's been about a month and a half, two months.
01:35That was my takeaway from last night.
01:37Right now, when you're facing Blake Snell, if you're betting against Blake Snell, just get out of the way.
01:42The guy is untouchable right now.
01:44This is not going to be the entire rest of the season, I don't believe.
01:48But to me, he is the most dominant pitcher when he's right over anybody else in the game.