Watch: Snell not happy to learn of Pham trade while streaming
Welcome to 2019, folks.
Blake Snell was streaming on Twitch when reports of the Tommy Pham trade surfaced Thursday night, meaning the world got a rare candid reaction of a professional athlete learning that a teammate had been dealt.
The Tampa Bay Rays ace was not pleased.
Blake Snell hearing about the trade while streaming live haha its a whole new world pic.twitter.com/5azmNuIshp
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) December 6, 2019
"We gave Pham up for Renfroe and a damn slapdick prospect?" Snell said after facepalming.
Pham was a key contributor on a Rays team that took the eventual American League champion Houston Astros to five games in this year's ALDS. He hit 21 home runs and slashed .273/.369/.450 in 145 regular-season contests.
Veteran outfielder Hunter Renfroe and shortstop prospect Xavier Edwards are reportedly heading to Tampa Bay as part of the deal, with Pham and a yet-to-be-named minor-leaguer going the other way.