Blake Snell's 'bad luck' comments show why he was not meant to be with SF Giants

Former SF Giants ace Blake Snell jumped ship to the Los Angeles Dodgers last offseason. While he had been stellar for LA for much of the postseason, he has absolutely laid an egg in the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Snell got the ball in Game 1 for Los Angeles and did not pitch well at all, surrendering five earned runs in five innings pitched and taking the loss. He followed that up with an equally bad performance on Wednesday in Game 5 as he allowed five earned runs, including back-to-back homers, in 6 and 2/3 innings pitched and took yet another loss.

SF Giants fans must love Blake Snell's World Series struggles

Instead of taking ownership, Snell deflected blame and talked about how he was the victim of bad luck after the game.

"First pitch of the game, 97 (mph) fastball up and in, he hits it 98, it goes out. Pretty unlucky. Vlad, yeah, that’s just a bad pitch," he said of the back-to-back homers in the first inning. Then he said, "I’m not one to make excuses or anything close to that, but that’s pretty unlucky," when asked about a triple hit later in the game.

Yes, there were some defensive miscues behind him and some cheap hits but that is the nature of the game so it just sounds like sour grapes from a pitcher who knows he let his team down not once, but twice, on the biggest stage imaginable.

Snell is undoubtedly a great pitcher and the Giants saw that firsthand in the second half of last season when he was absolutely dominant. He threw a fairly effortless no-hitter and looked un-hittable coming down the stretch.

Despite that, it is a bit of a relief that he is not with the Giants. His personality and vibe seems much more in tune with Los Angeles than it does with the culture the Giants have. Deflecting blame and not taking full ownership when you fail to get the job done is not what Giants fans would want to see from their ace.

Snell may have learned how to pitch deep into games from Giants ace Logan Webb, but he probably should have taken some pointers on accepting blame when you don't deliver. When Webb has a bad start, especially in a big game, no one wears it harder than him. You would never hear Webb talking about bad luck if he gave up five earned runs in a playoff start.

It is fun to imagine a scenario where Webb and Snell are the co-aces of the Giants rotation, but Snell's comments after his second straight loss in the World Series show why he fits in much better with the Dodgers.