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Pitcher · 2026

Blake Snell

Age
34
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 4"
Weight
225 lb
Number
#7
Born
December 4, 1992 in Seattle, WA, USA
MLB debut
April 23, 2016
Drafted
2011, round C-A
High school
Shorewood
Salary, 2026
$27.9M
dbWAR
4.8
3 season(s)
IP
3.0
ERA
12.00
FIP
1.75
K/9
15.0
FIP−
42
100 = avg

Blake Snell is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2026 he struck out 5 batters over 3.0 innings across 1 appearance, 1 of them starts, going 0-1. His ERA of 12.00 was 187.4% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 1.75 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 40.0% of swings (20.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.8%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP1.75
K/915.0
WHIP2.67
WAR.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB641022.250.500.250.39033.3%
vs RHB12125003.417.417.417.37125.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Blake Snell throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Four-Seam Fastball41.6%3295.92,51056.3%20.0%
Curveball20.8%1680.62,50550.0%50.0%
Slider19.5%1588.92,41340.0%50.0%
Changeup18.2%1485.71,84550.0%55.6%
Blake Snell's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026113.0010645212.001.752.6715.06.0287420.1
2025111161.1540511672262.352.691.2610.63.856651.6
20242020104.05306536145443.122.431.0512.53.876593.0

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.