Robby Snelling

Robby Snelling
San Diego Padres – No. 93
Pitcher
Born: (2003-12-19) December 19, 2003 (age 20)
Reno, Nevada
Bats: Right
Throws: Left

Robert Matthew Snelling (born December 19, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Amateur career

Snelling attended Robert McQueen High School in Reno, Nevada, where he played on both the baseball team as a pitcher and on the football team as a linebacker and quarterback, the latter of which his father was head coach of.[1][2][3] During the summer of 2021, he participated in the High School All-American Game as well as in the All-Star High School Home Run Derby at Coors Field where he hit 21 home runs.[4] He was named Region Player of the Year following his senior football season.[5] As a senior for the baseball team in 2022, he struck out 145 batters while also batting .450.[6] He broke the state record for strikeouts in a game with twenty in a seven-inning game.[7] He also set a new state single-season record for strikeouts.[8][9] He finished the season 8-0 with a 0.56 ERA and 145 strikeouts alongside batting .362 with six home runs, and was named the Gatorade Nevada Baseball Player of the Year.[10] Following the season's end, he traveled to San Diego where he participated in the Draft Combine.[11]

Snelling originally committed to play college baseball for the Stanford Cardinal at the end of his freshman year of high school, but decommitted during his junior year after he began also getting recruited for football.[12] He then committed to play both baseball and football for the Arizona Wildcats, but decommitted when baseball coach Jay Johnson left to coach the LSU Tigers.[13] Snelling then committed to LSU to play baseball.[14]

Professional career

Snelling was selected by the San Diego Padres with the 39th overall selection of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[15] He signed with the team for $3 million.[16]

To begin the 2023 season, Snelling was assigned to the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Single-A California League.[17] In late June, he was promoted to the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the High-A Midwest League.[18] In mid-August, he was promoted to the San Antonio Missions of the Double-A Texas League.[19] Over 22 starts between the three teams, Snelling went 11-3 with a 1.82 ERA and 118 strikeouts over 103+2⁄3 innings.[20]

References

  1. ^ Murray, Chris (October 14, 2020). "McQueen's Robby Snelling is Reno's unprecedented two-sport star". KNSN-TV.
  2. ^ Schroeder, Kurt (May 1, 2022). "McQueen's Snelling one of the best prep athletes Nevada has ever seen". KOLO-TV.
  3. ^ Krajewski, Jim (December 17, 2021). "Just the second coach in McQueen football history, Jim Snelling steps down from Lancers". Reno Gazette-Journal.
  4. ^ Murray, Chris; Kelly, Shannon (July 9, 2021). "McQueen's Robby Snelling stars in high school All-American game at MLB weekend". KNSN-TV.
  5. ^ Eckl, Carter (November 24, 2021). "Tiger football honored with all-region selections". Record-Courier.
  6. ^ Krajewski, Jim (May 16, 2022). "Snelling named baseball player of year, Grinsell top pitcher in North 5A". Reno Gazette-Journal.
  7. ^ Murray, Chris (April 27, 2022). "Robby Snelling breaks state record with 20 strikeouts in seven-inning game". KRNV-DT.
  8. ^ "McQueen's Robby Snelling sets new single-season strikeout mark". KTVN. May 10, 2022.
  9. ^ Krajewski, Jim (May 10, 2022). "McQueen's Snelling adds to legacy, sets Nevada strikeout record". Reno Gazette-Journal.
  10. ^ "McQueen's Snelling named Gatorade Nevada Baseball Player of the Year".
  11. ^ "Everything you need to know: Draft Combine". MLB.com.
  12. ^ Moran, Kirsten (March 23, 2021). "After de-committing from Stanford, McQueen's Robby Snelling open to all options". KNSN-TV.
  13. ^ Krajewski, Jim (November 10, 2021). "McQueen has two sign: Snelling with LSU for baseball; Blackman with UNLV for soccer". Reno Gazette-Journal.
  14. ^ Krajewski, Jim (May 19, 2022). "McQueen will have a 2-sport athlete in college. See who signed from the Lancers". Reno Gazette-Journal.
  15. ^ "San Diego Padres select LSU baseball signee Robby Snelling in first round of 2022 MLB Draft".
  16. ^ "It's official: Robby Snelling signs pro baseball contract with San Diego Padres".
  17. ^ https://www.mlb.com/news/where-padres-top-prospects-are-starting-2023-season
  18. ^ https://www.milb.com/fort-wayne/news/padres-add-snelling-to-tincaps
  19. ^ https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/padres-robby-snelling-promoted-to-double-a/
  20. ^ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/story/2023-09-21/robby-snelling-graham-pauley-named-padres-minor-leaguers-of-the-year

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