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Athletics Outright Kirby Snead

By Mark Polishuk | October 28, 2023 at 11:05am CDT

The A’s have outrighted Kirby Snead off their 40-man roster, as per the left-hander’s MLB.com profile page.  Snead can’t reject the assignment to Triple-A since he doesn’t have enough Major League service time and because this is his first outright, but he is probably likely to become a minor league free agent.

Snead came to the Athletics as part of the Matt Chapman trade package from the Blue Jays in March 2022, and he has a 5.59 ERA over 56 1/3 relief innings for the A’s over his two seasons in the organization.  Only 11 2/3 of those innings came in 2023, as a shoulder sprain suffered during Spring Training kept him on the 60-day injured list until the end of June.  Snead didn’t appear in a game on the big league roster until August 1, and he made 15 appearances before being optioned to Triple-A in early September.

In the small sample size of 64 total MLB innings to his name, Snead has a 17.2% strikeout rate, 10.1% walk rate, and 42.7% grounder rate.  These uninspiring numbers aren’t nearly as solid as Snead’s K% and groundball rates in the minors, and Snead’s 3.39 ERA over 273 1/3 minor league frames is also encouraging, even if the results haven’t been there with Triple-A Las Vegas in the last two seasons.  Snead’s control in particular has become an issue, calling back to some problems he had earlier in his career in issuing free passes.

Assuming Snead hits the open market, the 29-year-old will catch on somewhere with a team looking for left-handed relief depth, or Snead could perhaps be a candidate to explore his options with a team overseas.  A reunion with Oakland seems possible, as the A’s figure to be looking for inexpensive relief options and might pivot back to a familiar face.

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17 Comments

  1. unpaidobserver

    2 years ago

    World Series confirmed etc etc

    Reply
  2. Old York

    2 years ago

    Making room for a Juan Soto trade.

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  3. Paleobros

    2 years ago

    Looks like he’s not fitting their current Sneads.

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  4. julyn82001

    2 years ago

    The A’s gave plenty of opportunities to Snead. He didn’t take advantage of those opportunities, and then he got hurt. Hopefully, he rebounds showing true value…

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  5. amk1920

    2 years ago

    The A’s return for Chapman is even more pathetic for their return on Olson and Murphy.

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    • Asfan0780

      2 years ago

      All trash returns but chapman isn’t the same hitter at least from his earlier seasons and we know he wants to get paid with Boras as his agent. I bet A’s lwt go kevin Smith eventually he can’t seem to hit mlb pitching and A’s have infield prospects coming behind him. Will gunner Hogland ever get healthy he’s the other piece left from the deal. Murphy and olson deals were disasters

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    • Tigers3232

      2 years ago

      The return for Chapman was particularly bad. Murphy’s return netted them 2 prospects drafted in 2nd and 3rd rds and this seasons AL SB leader. Olson’s return netted 2 players drafted in 1st Shea L. and Cusick as well as Pache who was pretty highly touted. I wouldn’t call either if the returns great but I wouldn’t call them bad either.

      Now what was bad was tearing that young core apart. But the returns on some were not bad.

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  6. I.M. Insane

    2 years ago

    Kirby’s need

    Reply
  7. Datashark

    2 years ago

    Snead has been garbage since 2022 – he earned that outright to AAA

    Reply
  8. I.M. Insane

    2 years ago

    Kirby Snead = Brand Yikes!

    Reply
  9. CBA_Enjoyer

    2 years ago

    By the way, Kirby Snead should be a minor league free agent. The rule states that teams can only renew minor league contracts for 7 minor league seasons. He has 8 minor league seasons. In general, anyone from before the 2018 draft class will be minor league free agents this offseason.

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  10. uvmfiji

    2 years ago

    Snead you tonight. Cuz I’m not sleeping.

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  11. Mercenary.Freddie.Freeman

    2 years ago

    What this article solidifies is if you are a GM trade with the Athletics!

    Reply
  12. goalieguy41

    2 years ago

    Is their anyone left in Oakland from the Chapman deal?

    Reply
  13. Niekro floater

    2 years ago

    Seems like A’s been outrighting alota players recently, what R they down2 on 40man roster ? So they can load up on more AAAA players ?

    Reply
  14. Redb1

    2 years ago

    Baseball is great

    Reply
  15. Patrick Tracey

    2 years ago

    Prediction- Kirby signs a minor league deal with the Marlins (reunited with bestie AJ Puk)

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