Take Game 1 of the NLCS against the Brewers. Snell turned one of the best fastball-hitting lineups in baseball into a group left scratching its heads. Snell, holding on to a 1-0 lead, made a living pitching backward, and dropped in a 0-0 curveball to Sal Frelick for a called first strike.

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-time Cy Young Award winner detailed a brutal illness that forced a hospital stay.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell, with wife Haeley Mar attends the regular season NBA, Basketball Herren, USA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Chicago Bulls on Monday January 20, 2025 at Intuit Dome Arena / IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

The last time we saw Snell in the World Series was as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020. In Game 6 of that series, against the Dodgers, he was controversially taken out of a game he was leading 1-0. After Snell’s exit, the Dodgers would rally and win the game to clinch the series.