The whiff-rate of his curveball, slider, change-up in 2023: 56.3%, 53.6%, 46.8%. Those numbers are absurd, but they're not anomalies for Snell. His curve's whiff-rate hasn't been lower than 43.1% as far back as 2017.
Success between the knee and belt is important because for someone who spends a lot of time out of that box, especially for Snell, who doesn't typically elicit much chase from hitters.
On swings in the zone against the four-seamer, he limited Pittsburgh contact to just 58% with 19 swings generating just three balls in play.
A lot of that frustration continued on Wednesday. Sift through the muck of his game's pitching line (3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 5 K)-also known as the results -and there were signs of promise.
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