Collin Snider #52

Collin Kenneth Snider...Collin resides in Murfreesboro, Tenn. with his wife, Rachel, and dog, Jax...He attended Vanderbilt, where he made 60 appearances (one start) in three seasons...during his first two seasons from 2015-16, he went 4-0 with a 2.52 ERA (15 ER, 53.2 IP)...graduated from Riverdale HS (Tenn.), where he lettered for four years in baseball.

2024

Went 3-4 with a 1.94 ERA (9 ER, 41.2 IP), 13 walks, 47 strikeouts and a 1.18 WHIP in 42 games. One of eight relievers in the AL to have a sub 2.00 ERA, min. 40 IP. From 6/1-8/31 went 3-2 with a 0.94 ERA (3 ER, 28.2 IP), eight walks, 35 strikeouts and a 1.08 WHIP in 29 appearances. Prior to this season had career numbers of 5.93 ERA with 33 strikeouts and a 1.68 WHIP in 62 appearances...in 42 appearances this season had a 1.94 ERA with 47 strikeouts and a 1.18 WHIP...he dropped his career per nine stats this season from 10.5 H/9 to 9.3 H/9 and his 4.6 BB/9 to 3.8 BB/9. Marked the lowest walk rate of his career with 7.7% down from 13.7% and 9.9% from the prior two years...this was helped by a 73.4% first strike rate the highest of his career. Allowed more than one earned run on two outings (April. 7 at Milwaukee, two ER, Sept. 28 vs. Oakland, three ER)...held opponents to one ER or less in 40 of 42 appearances, including 36 outings with zero ER. Had a 35.2% Whiff rate on his Cutter which ranked fifth in the Majors min. 25 PA...his cutter had the second-highest put away rate of any Mariners pitcher at 35.0% behind Andrés Muñoz’s Sinker (36.8%) min. 25 PA. Struck out the side in order for the first time in his career on July 19 vs. Houston. Of Mariner relievers with 20.0 IP ranked second in bWAR (0.9), third in BB/9 (2.8), fourth in WHIP (1.18) and fourth in Strikeouts (47).

2023

Appeared in 20 games with Kansas City going 0-0 with one save, a 4.87 ERA (11 ER, 20.1 IP), 13 walks and 11 strikeouts...Went 5-1 with three saves, a 5.91 ERA (28 ER, 42.2 IP), 31 walks and 42 strikeouts in 39 appearances with Triple-A Omaha...Earned first career Major League save on Sept. 19 vs. Cleveland...Had a 2.70 ERA (4 ER, 13.1 IP) over 12 appearances from Aug. 25-Sept. 22.

2022

Snider had five stints with the Royals in 2022, his first season in the big leagues, and he ended the season with the club. ..He won his debut with on April 9 vs. Cleveland, becoming the 20th pitcher in Royals history to win in his debut and the first since Foster Griffin on July 27, 2020. ..He began his career with 5.1 scoreless innings over six appearances, and he pitched in 27 of the club’s first 56 games during his first stint from Opening Day through June 9. ..Snider pitched to a 2.70 ERA (3 ER in 10.0 IP) through his first 12 appearances through May 3, but yielded a 12.66 ERA (15 ER in 10.2 IP) over his next 14 outings, and was optioned on June 10. ..He pitched in 15 games over his final four stints in the Majors and all but three of those appearances were scoreless. ..Snider stranded 25 of the 31 runners he inherited (80.6%), including each of his first 19, which marked the fourth-longest streak to begin a career since 1957.

2021

Split the season between Double-A Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha, making a career-high 48 appearances with a career-high 64 strikeouts and 26 walks...Earned a save in his Double-A debut May 4 at Arkansas before recording a 1-2-3 inning in Triple-A debut May 9 vs. St. Paul...Transferred to Double-A Northwest Arkansas on June 6, posting a 3.15 ERA in 25 appearances before returning to Triple-A Omaha on Aug. 24...Threw a season-high 3.0 innings on Sept. 14 vs. Iowa, allowing one run on two hits with three strikeouts and one walk...Finished the season with three consecutive scoreless outings, including back-to-back appearances with 2.0 scoreless innings on Sept. 19 vs. Iowa and Sept. 23 vs. Indianapolis...Was a non-roster invitee to Spring Training.