SAN DIEGO -- Having been selected by the Orioles with the 13th overall selection of the 2005 MLB Draft, Brandon Snyder knows the excitement many of baseball's top amateur players are feeling this week.
But the nomadic journey he has endured while spending most of the past 11 years at the Minor League level has also taught him a first-round selection comes with no guarantees for success.
Snyder made his way back to Major League level last week, when the Braves promoted him from Triple-A Gwinnett to provide some versatility to their bench. The 29-year-old utilityman enhanced the thrill when he homered during the ninth inning of Sunday's loss to the Dodgers.