How the San Diego Padres change Blake Snell's fantasy baseball outlook

The most intriguing 2021 number to watch for new San Diego Padres left-hander Blake Snell is going to be innings pitched. The last time we saw Snell on a mound, quite famously in fact, was when Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash pulled him from Game 6 of the World Series in the sixth inning, with a lead and to his and, well, most everyone's surprise and dismay. That was no outlier; Snell did not pitch into the seventh inning of any outing in 2020, and even in his Cy Young Award season of 2018, he went a mere 180 2/3 innings over 31 starts Is this because Snell deserved this treatment, or were the Rays too cautious? Whether the Padres permit Snell to try to go deeper into games will be a bit fascinating, but also help clarify his fantasy baseball value.