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yeah that wouldn't be a problem if he still didn't throw almost 40 fewer innings than Webb. Snell is like the poster child for good starter that just cannot go deep into games.

in fact the big difference seems to be in Snell's third time through splits this year. historically this is where he struggles, hence the infamous World Series hook (which was stupid tbf). this year in almost 40 innings of work the third time through a lineup, his ERA was 1.83. Amazing, right? Except a closer look at that sample sees his strikeout rate drop to 27%, on itself that's not so bad, actually an increase from his career numbers in that scenario. the real problem is his walk rate climbed to almost 19%, which is p bad. so then how did he get that shiny sub 2.00 ERA? a .155 BABIP and nearly 90% strand rate. basically, an insane amount of luck

i dunno why i'm so salty about this tbh. sick of writers that don't know ball