As soon as it left his mouth, Blake Snell knew he had just floated a verbal gopher ball.
Much like a hanging curve destined for the bleachers, the Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander wanted it back the instant he heard himself say it.
While recently livestreaming on Twitch, Snell started to read aloud the comment from a viewer, apparently a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays who thought it was a good time to needle the 32-year-old for his less-than-impressive performance during the World Series. The starter in Games 1 and 5 for the Dodgers, Snell gave up a combined 10 runs on 14 hits, with 7 walks and 11 strikeouts in 11.2 innings, and took the loss in both games, the second one putting the Blue Jays one win away from the championship.
One-Time Rapper Blake Snell Instantly Regrets Jab at Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
So as he streamed, a clip of which was posted on Thursday to Reddit, Snell leaned in to read the comment – “Vladdy is your ….” – before leaning back with a look of exasperation on his face. An educated guess: the commenter was going for the familiar “Vladdy is your daddy,” a somewhat lighthearted attempt to suggest that Blue Jays superstar Vladimir Guerreor Jr. got the best of Snell, who had raised the ire of Toronto fans after Game 5 by downplaying their team’s success as simply a case of him being “unlucky.”
But Snell took the bait, as well as an unnecessary jab at Guerrero, as he quickly responded with, “He in Cancun.”
Guerrero, who went 2 for 5 with two walks and a homer against Snell during the Series, had previously posted a video on X (formerly Twitter) showing himself with his family on a plane headed to the popular vacation spot in Mexico.
Snell didn’t stop there, adding, “Go pick him up and then come over this way and tell me that.”
But the regret hit as quickly as the words left his mouth. Snell looked skyward, hands together, almost pleading with the inevitable internet clipping machine.
“Don’t clip it, come on,” Snell said. “Let me live my life, please. He had a great series.”
Good luck with that.
By the next day, the 16-second clip had made the rounds on social media, with postings on X and Instagram. The clip even generated a callback to a moment in 2012 when Snell, who also goes by the nickname “Snellzilla,” appeared in a video as a rapper with the group 26 Letters for a song called “Rising Star.”
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To be fair, Snell – who started only 11 regular season games, spending over three months on the injured list with shoulder inflammation – had pitched great in the postseason leading up to the World Series. Snell started one game in each of the first three rounds, combining to give up just two runs on six hits with 28 strikeouts in 21 innings to beat Cincinnati in the NL Wild Card Series, Philadelphia in the NL Division Series, and Milwaukee in the NL Championship Series, the latter game being an 8-inning, 1-hit masterpiece.
And to be even more fair, Guerrero pretty much owned every pitcher he faced during Toronto’s run to the World Series. In 18 playoff games, Guerrero posted a slash line of .397/.494/.795 with an OPS of 1.289, blasting eight home runs with 15 RBIs, and he struck out just seven times against 14 walks.
But it’s doubtful that Toronto fans will let Snell simply live his life.
As luck would have it, the Dodgers will travel to Toronto to face the Blue Jays early in the 2026 season, with a three-game series April 6-8. Should Snell be scheduled to start one of those games, it could get interesting.
And Guerrero certainly won’t be in Cancun at that time.
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