How Blake Snell made adjustments off the field to help become better pitcher

"Being able to start to read swings and what people are thinking and doing is getting better. So excited about that. But, yeah, just a lot to break down. But obviously, three and 77 pitches is not where I want to be. But yeah, just a weird game."

"Yeah, it was his first outing back. I thought the stuff was good, I really did. There was a lot of swing and miss in there. It's baseball in the sense of you're going to get unlucky with some infield hits, and that's part of it, some soft contact. Got to give credit to those guys. Those guys put together good at-bats. They put the ball in play, and then with that, you get breaks."

"I think to be a little critical, there were a couple of bad walks in there that kind of extended innings, to Baldwin, I think. But outside of that first one, I thought it was fine,"

Blake Snell made his first 2026 start for the Los Angeles Dodgers after missing the season opener due to shoulder fatigue. He pitched three innings and allowed five runs, four earned. His pitching showed strong indicators, including 16 swings and misses and only two hard-hit balls allowed. He was disappointed because weak contact often became hits, and he also issued a couple of bad walks that extended innings. Snell said he learned to use the fastball more and noted the strike zone was smaller than last year. He felt good about his stuff and progress in reading hitters. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts agreed that the stuff looked good and that some results came from baseball variance and opponent at-bats.

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