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By reader request, here is a Crystal Ball for Tampa Bay Rays rookie Blake Snell.

Keep in mind that this is not an official prediction. This is intended to generate discussion about a player by presenting one possible outcome for his career, based on what we currently know about him.

It is not just thrown together; I try to make them logical, based on the outcomes of players who were similar at the same stage of their career. Sometimes a CB represents a maximal outcome, sometimes it is more of a middle ground.

What do you think of this one?

Blake Snell
Year Team G GS IP H R ER W L ERA K BB SV Age
2016 Rays 19 19 89 93 44 35 6 8 3.54 98 51 0 23
2017 Rays 28 28 156 163 69 64 9 12 3.69 149 79 0 24
2018 Rays 32 32 201 199 109 98 12 12 4.39 167 95 0 25
2019 Rays 29 29 169 174 89 78 14 10 4.15 174 84 0 26
2020 Rays 14 14 75 63 40 38 3 6 4.56 68 33 0 27
Angels 15 13 62 80 43 40 2 6 5.81 59 40 0
2021 Angels 57 2 68 61 30 28 3 2 3.71 75 33 2 28
2022 Padres 15 14 98 78 37 33 6 2 3.03 90 27 1 29
2023 Padres 30 30 185 178 98 88 11 12 4.28 169 70 0 30
2024 Padres 21 21 119 147 68 62 5 8 4.69 84 51 0 31
2025 Dbacks 2 2 11 15 8 7 0 0 5.73 4 5 0 32
2026 Dbacks 59 0 79 59 30 23 3 4 2.62 70 31 3 33
2027 Dbacks 61 0 71 61 29 27 6 1 3.42 69 29 4 34
2028 Twins 57 0 56 61 30 29 2 2 4.66 51 19 0 35
2029 Twins 33 0 36 20 9 7 3 1 1.75 39 9 1 36
Rays 18 0 17 16 5 5 0 0 2.65 12 10 0
2030 Marlins 14 0 16 22 11 11 0 2 6.19 8 9 0 37
504 204 1508 1490 749 673 85 88 4.02 1386 675 11