The Mariners announced today they claimed RHP Collin Snider off waivers from the Diamondbacks. Snider was drafted by the Royals in 2017 and spent his whole career with that organization before being DFA’d this December. The DBacks claimed him, only to DFA him again to make room for Joc Pederson, at which point the Mariners pounced. The Mariners’ 40-man roster is now full.
After debuting for the Royals in 2022, Snider (no relation to Mill Creek baseball legend Travis) spent most of his career ping-ponging between the bigs and Triple-A Omaha. Snider has a lot of favorable qualities—he throws a starter’s complement of pitches, his fastball (both the four-seamer and the sinker) sits around the mid-90s, and he induces a boatload of ground balls while limiting hard contact and barrels.