One complaint I have about sports in general is some players getting ridiculous salaries for a number of years or even a single year. You got ones that deliver and are worthy, and then you got complete busts. For someone as young as Blake Snell, he might have hurt how the players association and union act following last week's tantrum. He doesn't want to get paid a reduced salary of seven million and would rather not play this season unless he gets his full yearly pay.
Snell has played for four seasons. Nothing special and his stats are rather mediocre. He had a great 2018 campaign that included a Cy Young and the ERA title at least for the American League. He gets a contract of five years and 50 million dollars. Struggles last year. So far, has not lived up to the contract. This guy acted like a brat who doesn't like what he's getting. Unfortunately, he's got supporters in Bryce Harper and Nolan Arenado. Two that have bigger paychecks and the former having way bigger temper tantrums.
What Snell doesn't understand is that teams are not in a good situation. They know they will have to play games without fans, resulting in what I read was 600 thousand a game. Both sides are trying desperately to get the season going as soon as possible. And Snell does not understand that people are suffering. Plenty of have lost jobs and are not living a normal life. He's still young enough to get a clear head on what is going on, but his attitude can have consequences.
As I said, mediocre stats in his four seasons. Combined with the tantrum, some teams will not want to deal with him in 2024. Tampa Bay, his current team, is not known for a huge payroll. They could dump him if he continues to struggle. I wouldn't have said anything. It'd be nice to be paid fully, but not in this time of need. Snell has a bit of growing up to do if he wants to not embarrass the league and the players association.
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