{"playerId":6245,"percentChange":17.6,"averageDraftPosition":222.6,"percentOwned":71.2,"playerRaterSEASON":5.9,"playerRater7DAY":3.8,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Snell (3-1) picked up the win over the Twins on Saturday, giving up one run on five hits over seven innings while striking out six.","spin":"Brian Dozier led off the game with a double and came around to score on Miguel Sano's sac fly, and that was all the offense the Twins could muster against Snell on the night. The left-hander fired 68 of 100 pitches for strikes en route to his third straight win and, perhaps more impressively given the control issues he's dealt with in his career, his second straight start without walking a batter. Snell will try to keep rolling in his next start Thursday in Baltimore.","date":"Sat Apr 21"},"fullName":"Blake Snell","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Here's an example of a pitcher with great stuff who has yet to harness it at the big-league level. Snell has, through parts of two seasons, posted a bloated 11.6 percent walk rate, ruining his WHIP (1.45), but his curveball has been an effective pitch and his fastball picked up a decent share of velocity during the second half of last season, resulting in a 3.28 ERA during his final 15 starts. These are the ups and downs of a young pitcher with sketchy control, and while Snell's upside might be tantalizing, there's no way to tell whether he's ready to fully break through at the very start of 2018. He's a wise late-round pick for teams that are already sound in WHIP, and he's a slightly stronger such choice in points-based leagues, where his likely to rise strikeout rate has more value.","seasonId":2018,"date":"Tue Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":5.9,"playerRater15DAY":8.6,"positionRank":14}