Blake Snell
| Blake Snell | |||
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| Tampa Bay Rays – No. 4 | |||
| Pitcher | |||
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Born: December 4, 1992 Seattle, Washington | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 23, 2016, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Win–loss record | 6–8 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.54 | ||
| Strikeouts | 98 | ||
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Blake Ashton Snell (born December 4, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Snell attended Shorewood High School in Shoreline, Washington.[1] He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.[2] He signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Rays. He spent 2012 with the Princeton Rays and 2013 with the Bowling Green Hot Rods. Snell started 2014 back with Bowling Green and was promoted to the Charlotte Stone Crabs in May. On August 2, he pitched a rain-shortened no-hitter against the Daytona Cubs.[3][4] It was the first no-hitter in Stone Crabs history. After the season he was named the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Year.[5][6] Snell started 2015 back with the Stone Crabs and was promoted to the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits after he did not allow a run in 21 innings to start the season.[7] He was later promoted to Triple-A. For the 2015 Minor League season, Snell was named the minor league player of the year by USA Today. The Rays added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[8]
Snell began the 2016 season with the Durham Bulls of the Class AAA International League. He was promoted to the major leagues to make his debut on April 23.[9]
References
- ↑ "Shorewood left-hander Blake Snell has high hopes for MLB draft". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Shorewood's Blake Snell drafted by Tampa Bay with 52nd pick". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Snell notches Stone Crabs' first no-hitter". MiLB.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ A. Stacy Long (August 2, 2014). "Stone Crabs' Snell throws no-hitter". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Field, Snell among Rays' Minor League award winners". Tampa Bay Rays. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ Fox Sports. "Rays prospect Johnny Field wins team's top minor-league player award". FOX Sports. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Tampa Bay Rays' top LHP prospect Blake Snell joins Montgomery Biscuits". AL.com. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ↑ Rays add Snell, 5 others to 40-man roster
- ↑ http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/04/22/tampa-bay-rays-call-blake-snell
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)