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Snell strikes out 17

By Kevin Goldstein
Baseball Prospectus

Monday, June 29, 2009

Saving his best for ... Triple-A? Ian Snell, RHP, Pirates (Triple-A Indianapolis) Sunday's stats: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 17 K Snell has always had talent, but that talent has rarely showed up of late, which led to a kind of surprising -- but then again kind of not surprising -- demotion to Triple-A last week to work the kinks out. After striking out 13 hitters in a row (the major league record is 10, held by Tom Seaver) while sitting at 94 mph and touching 96, he likely won't be down ...

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