Pitcher Ian Snell has retired, tweets B.J. Rains of FOXSportsMidwest.com. The Cardinals sent Snell to minor league camp and he instead elected to hang up his cleats. Snell, 29, had signed a minor league contract with the Cardinals in January after being let go by the Mariners. He was described as eager and excited just last month upon arriving in Florida.
Snell's best season was 2007, when as a 25-year-old he posted a 3.76 ERA in 208 innings. That performance earned him a three-year, $8.6MM extension, but he quickly lost effectiveness.
Whoa. Why? I mean, what? Huh… I’m confused. This came out of no where. Looks like “Ian Smell’s” user name is the first MLBTR name to become outdated.
Atleast his MLBT name was accurate.
I decided that playing baseball and posting on MLBTR was too difficult to juggle, so I’ve decided to post on here full time and give this my complete and undivided attention.
That’s what I was hoping you would say.
I came on here to make sure you released a statement.
I’m with Leyland on this, happy to hear it straight from the failed workhorse’s mouth. Happy trails
I think the regular posters here came on more for Smell’s statement opposed to news on Snell.
One big happy smellting pot
One big happy 105 *like* record.
Reply Derp
You have increased your likes by about 10% in the last 24 hours. Congratulations.
Holy crap, that’s the most likes I’ve ever seen for any post.
125 and counting, Congratulations. Thank you for leaving Cardinals Camp, You deserve all the likes in the world Mr. Smell.
is that a record?
I’ve actually been wondering that myself.
someone should look it up for us.
I think you may have set a record for ‘likes’ on one posting.
Hey Ian…… Smell ya later
I mean, it must have been bad if the Cardinals decided he couldn’t pitch for them.
Who?
Ian Oquendo
Looks like someone else took a dose of reality – Eric Byrnes style. I give him props for that.
If a guy loves playing the game, why stop? I have nothing against players who play as long as they can even if they’re awful.
Well, obviously he thinks it’s time to stop, which is what matters most.
Is Rickey Henderson still trying to make a come back in the independent league?
sergio mitre says “thanks for understanding”
I came here hoping it was the player who retired, not the mlbtr poster.
H stunk anyways
fail
He stunk anyways
*anyway
anyways- not a word.
Also everyone should Youtube the “how big is Ian Snell’s (word for male member) ”
It was from a phone in show and a caller with a serious tone asked that question. Its hilarious.
I love how they cut him off half way through.
“And I’d just like to know how big is Ian Snell’s pe..”
haha its so good cuz the guy didn’t laugh or anything…
“we all know he has huge upside and a huge penis… but I’d like to know just how big Ian Snell’s Pe.. ”
haha
You could tell that he had rehearsed it a thousand times. I love the look on the old guys face.
oh my goodness. if i’d have seen that on tv that would have been the funniest and most random thing i’d have ever watched…damn. hahaha
DELAWARE REPRESENT!
Ian Snell retires? This is actually news worthy?
Why yes. Yes it is.
I want to say something snooty back, but it was his first post on the site, so I’ll be good.
Trust me, it took every fiber in my body for my smart @$$ not to tell him off.
Any relation to Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration?
Or Bagger Vance?
We gave him a chance in Seattle, pitcher friendly park and he still sucked. Oh well..
When asked what he planned to do after hanging up his cleats, Snell said he was going to buy “the world’s biggest jar of peanut butter” and smear it on his chest, then roll around in broken glass.
If Dave Duncan can’t fix him, NO ONE CAN
Bob can.
Snell, you failed in Seattle and realized that you weren’t good even in the minors you hung up the cleats. You coulnd’t keep up with the triple A kids haha. nice job on quitting. What an inspiration folks.
Classy comment. I’m guessing what baseball skill he had is more than you’ll ever have. At least he tried for a comeback, which is admirable.
please inform me on this “comback” of his. Do you know how any times he would get replaced in the 5th sometimes 4th inning here in Seattle?
Actually I do, because I watch nearly every Mariners game. How many innings he worked is irrelevant.
Did you actually read what I wrote before you made a snotty comment? I said “tried for a comeback”, which he obviously did since he went to Tacoma, then moved on to The Cardinals to work with Dave Duncan.
He did become a Major League Baseball player – something I dreamed of when I was a kid. What have you done besides deride a guy for being mediocre at the highest possible level?
I once saw him pitch at Busch stadium in 2006. He gave up 3 homers to Albert Pujols. That will always be my memory of Ian Snell.
in his defense, it was Albert Pujols…i’d give the credit more to Pujols’s talent level than to Snell’s lack of talent.
When he left the Pirates, he peed all over them, saying that the team and the coaches were the reason he fell off the map. Then he went out and proved himself wrong.
Ian Snell? I know people…and I have a very good feeling about you.
Snell was suicidal a few years ago while with the Pirates and asked to be sent down to the minors because he couldn’t manage expectations at the big league level. I don’t know why he retired at such a young age, but it’s good bet his overall well being had something to do with it.
It’s the other twenty four that we didn’t hear about…
BIGGIE!!
I would like to be 29 again.
Retiring at 29 with almost 9 million in the bank… certainly sounds good to me
It was all a dream
I used to read Word-Up magazine
Salt-n-Pepper and Heavy D up in the limousine.
Uh…
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I let my tape rock till my tape popped, smokin weed and bamboo, sippin on private stock