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Royals Designate Collin Snider For Assignment

By Steve Adams | December 11, 2023 at 1:51pm CDT

The Royals announced Monday that they’ve designated right-handed reliever Collin Snider for assignment. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to veteran lefty reliever Will Smith, whose previously reported one-year deal with Kansas City is now official.

Snider, 28, has appeared in each of the past two seasons with the Royals — his first two years of big league experience. In 54 2/3 innings spread over the life of 60 appearances, he’s pitched to a 5.93 ERA with a 13.4% strikeout rate against an 11.4% walk rate. He walked more hitters (13) than he struck out (11) in 20 1/3 innings this past season.

It’s been a tough first look in the majors for Snider, who’s also scuffled in parts of three Triple-A seasons. He averages 95.7 mph on his sinker, however, and has racked up ground-balls at an impressive 51.9% clip in the big leagues. That hasn’t helped him to keep runs off the board, but Snider is a hard-throwing 28-year-old with strong ground-ball tendencies and a minor league option remaining — and his slider also received strong reviews later during his prospect days in the Royals’ system.

The Royals will have a week to either find a trade partner for Snider or attempt to pass him through outright waivers. His velocity, ground-ball rate, slider and remaining option might be interesting enough for another club with more 40-man space to take a look. If not, he’ll very likely be assigned outright to Triple-A Omaha and remain with the organization as a non-40-man player.

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  1. Chuck from Uniontown

    2 years ago

    Good project for a good defensive team in a pitchers park. See if you can get something out of that ground ball rate.

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  2. Central Valley

    2 years ago

    The Royals are seemingly very active, where’s Farhan?

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  3. spudchukar

    2 years ago

    I am suffering from Trade Rumors addiction. Does anyone know if there is an online TR anonymous site. If so could you enlighten me!

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    • TrumboRedux

      2 years ago

      Crawl to your front door, and force yourself to open it…Then breathe the fresh air…For at least 3 or 4 mins…Start there.

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