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Diamondbacks Sign Travis Snider To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | January 15, 2020 at 2:31pm CDT

Outfielder Travis Snider has agreed to a minor league contract with the Diamondbacks, per a recent announcement from Arizona’s Triple-A affiliate, the Reno Aces. Snider will head to Spring Training as a non-roster invitee to big league camp.

At this point, it’s been close to a half decade since Snider, once one of the game’s elite prospects, appeared in the Majors. Now 31 years old, Snider was the No. 14 pick in the 2006 draft and was ranked among the game’s top 10 overall prospects by Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus heading into the 2009 season. However, despite some encouraging results in partial seasons — often in a platoon role — Snider has amassed just a .244/.311/.399 slash on the whole in 1971 MLB plate appearances.

Snider has bounced between the Pirates, Royals, Mets, Rangers and D-backs systems since his last MLB appearance, most recently spending the 2019 campaign in Reno. He’ll return to the Aces for a second season after posting a huge .294/.402/.497 slash with 11 homers, 22 doubles, four triples and a gaudy 15.2 percent walk rate through 368 plate appearances in 2019. The Diamondbacks’ MLB outfield consists of David Peralta, Ketel Marte and Kole Calhoun, with fleet-footed Tim Locastro penciled in for fourth outfield duties at the moment.

There’s no immediate path back to The Show for Snider, but if he repeats his ’19 performance and the Snakes suffer some injuries to their starters, perhaps his four-year grind through the minors and the independent circuit will culminate in a big league return.

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  1. DarkSide830

    5 years ago

    the Lunchbox Hero!

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  2. scottaz

    5 years ago

    Yawn!

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  3. Rangers29

    5 years ago

    Why have I heard about Snider a lot recently in these comments? I feel like I hear about him each time I read these.

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    • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

      5 years ago

      After the success of Charlie Morton, Steve Pearce and Daniel Hudson, I named Travis Snider as the next random Pirate cast off to become a World Series hero.

      Bet on the D Backs, I guess.

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      • Rangers29

        5 years ago

        Ok thats were I heard it.

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  4. johns-11

    5 years ago

    Great pickup lol buy low 😉

    Reply
  5. agentx

    5 years ago

    What, was Michael Saunders not available?

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    • bluejays92

      5 years ago

      Actually no he’s not lol. Saunders announced his retirement a few months back and became the manager for the Atlanta Braves’ rookie ball Appalachian League team.

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  6. bravesfan

    5 years ago

    The kid just won’t give up. Good for him, why not. If you can get paid to play a game, might as well

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  7. KermitJagger

    5 years ago

    Always rooted for Snider. One of the forgotten contributors from our last good teams.

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  8. PiratesFan1981

    5 years ago

    Poor Travis. I thought he was out of baseball because I never heard anything of him after leaving Pittsburgh. Guy had talent, but couldn’t put it together.

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    • yaow 2

      5 years ago

      Gotta admire the dedication.

      Maybe he will be a late bloomer and find some success in Arizona this year.

      Reply
  9. Mendoza Line 215

    5 years ago

    Actually Lunchbox played pretty well for the 2014 Pirates.NH saw a chance to get a couple of young pitchers from Baltimore and the Orioles needed a right fielder so the trade was made.Lunchbox went downhill fairly quickly after that trade.
    I hope he does well and returns to the MLs.

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