What should have been a restful day off to let Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Red Sox seep in, turned into a new 2019 nightmare. Blake Snell needs elbow surgery and if he comes back at all, it won't be until September.
Snell has not been the Cy Young pitcher everyone expected him to be this year. His overall record is 6-7 with a 4.28 ERA, but his last two starts were up to last year's standard of excellence, 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA.
Apparently, unbeknownst to anyone, Snell had been experiencing strange sensations in his pitching elbow for a long time and the pain worsened during workouts earlier this week. After announcing the problem to the team, an examination was quickly done, and surgery was scheduled for Monday morning.
Finding a way to compete for a wildcard spot over the last nine weeks of the schedule without Snell will be difficult at best. It had begun to look like a long shot even with Snell in the rotation, and now the chances are even slimmer. Making it worse, the team doesn't seem interested in shopping for a replacement arm, everyone apparently agreeing on one thing, that you can't replace Snell. Which leaves the season in considerable doubt at this point.
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