Padres pitcher blames 'terrible' PitchCom, pitch timer for allowing home run

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The new pitch timer in Major League Baseball has led to some positives this season, but there are still some in the game who aren't fans of it.

Add Blake Snell to that list.

The San Diego Padres left-hander allowed a home run Wednesday to Pete Alonso, who leads the majors with six homers.

Snell says it could have been avoided. Not necessarily with a better pitch, but perhaps without the pitch timer or PitchCom.

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Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres reacts after giving up an RBI single during the sixth inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field April 12, 2023, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.  (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Snell was behind 2-0 in the count and wanted to throw a slider. He is one of the few pitchers in the game to call his own pitches with the device rather than the traditional way of catchers calling pitches.

But when Snell attempted to hit the slider button, he kept on hitting the fastball button instead.

Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres pitches during the first inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field April 12, 2023, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.  (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

If a pitcher doesn't start his motion within 15 seconds with no one on base, the pitcher is a charged ball. Unable to figure out the situation with the pitch timer winding down, Snell just fired a pitch.

"But I threw it down the middle, where he hits home runs. It was really frustrating," Snell said after the game.

Alonso took it deep into the left-center field seats to give the New York Mets a 3-2 lead they did