I hope he really fails in Seattle now.

Snell’s numbers speak more loudly than his words. It’s not even worth my time to listen to his latest excuses.

Nice to know Ian hasn’t lost his touch in Seattle. You know…the touch for throwing teammates and coaches (or in this case…ex-teammates and coaches) under buses.

only worse (except for the slight ERA upgrade).

i’m sure both jeff andrews and Joe Kerrigan have both tinkered with his delivery to try to improve his control. Most pitching coaches do that to when a pitcher struggles.

The problem is ‘Will the Pitcher listen or is he too bull-headed to consider the thought?’

Whackjob. Its only a matter of time before he’s out shooting at helicopters.

I think it’s tough to find little faults in why you’re not pitching well or not having the control like you’d like to have.

To say an adjustment of the foot planting or landing is fine and it’s helped out his delivery.

But to say they want to win more than we do?……that’s just flat out silly….
I mean i think we all early on, wanted Snell to succeed and were looking for ways to get him straightened out.

Now Brad Penny released by Boston and went to the Dodgers and has been fairly outstanding for them. You don’t hear him slamming the Bosox for not helping him pitch better ( at least I haven’t read anything …maybe he did…idk) But in this instance he probably should have kept his mouth shut instead of slamming the pirate organization. Or just say that the pitching coach was able to identify something with his delivery that other coaches hadn’t caught. And that would have been the end of it.

If he starts getting slammed again somewhere along the way or next year. I’m sure he’ll blame the pitching coach again.

He’s on pace for less K’s, more walks, MANY more HR’s and a slightly better ERA.

Yep, he sure is better in Seattle.

It seems to me that Snell is a head case and that much of his success and failure is due to his perception of what better is.

The best example would be his pitching style, that of a nibbler, which seems to lead to Snell not confident in his pitches therefore he has to be perfect every time.

It is often stated how pitching is a mental game and it is my thought that the supposed change in delivery is serves as a placebo for Snell thinking he is pitching better, which as Charlie points out in Snell’s statistics apparently is not making much of a difference.

Your right Ian Snell didn’t improve much and is using the Pirates organization as a scapegoat. But the Pirates are partial to blame for Snells stench of pitching, because Snell was used in the wrong position. No doubt Snell was a pitcher, but I thought snell did much better as a reliever, compared to a starter. Snell could’ve been a good set-up man for us. The reason why is because snell was only good for 1 or 2 innings, then it was like batting practice for the opposing teams. I’ll have to try to find some facts to support that, but it seemed like everytime I saw him pitch, I knew we were only okay for 1 or 2 innings and then it was time to turn the game over to the bullpen. The other thing that kept Snell from being a good starting pitcher is because he is afraid to throw inside, which those numbers above for Seattle doesn’t surpise me one bit. I figured he would’ve given up more homeruns with seattle then Pittsburgh, just because in order to be a pitcher in the American league, you have to throw inside pitches. I will give Snell some credit, when he was confident about throwing inside he did well, but once he started losing confidence after hitting someone or nearly hitting someone, he then starts drifting the ball over the plate instead. That part isn’t the Pirates fault, they tried to get him to throw inside more often and Snell for some reason refused to do so. I don’t know why he doesn’t throw inside more often, but I think the Mariners are going to need a psychiatrist for Snell, because something is keeping him from throwing inside pitches to throw off the hitters.

what a self-serving loudmouth kid like Snell says about much of anything. Just more sour grapes directed toward the Pirates.

This is exactly why Ian Snell has not and will not amount to anything in the big leagues. The guy is a 10 year old in a 26-year-old body! He constantly points his finger at the guy next to him. When is he going to grow up? And as Charlie points asks, in what area has Snell improved? None. His walks are still ridiculously high as always, his ERA is high as always, and Lord knows he can’t go a start without giving up a gopher ball. Nothing, accoring to the stats, has changed. When the guy can shut his mouth long enough to make some improvements on the bump, then maybe, just maybe, I might start listening or reading what the guy says. But I don’t think his pitching is going to get better and I don’t think he will ever grow out of his diapers, so I probably won’t be paying any attention to him the rest of his career. Enjoy the headcase that is Ian Snell, Seattle.