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@Royals: #Royals sign OF Travis Snider to a minor league contract with an invitation to MLB Spring Training.

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz (Post 12056505)

@Royals: #Royals sign OF Travis Snider to a minor league contract with an invitation to MLB Spring Training.

Interesting signing by KC. Dayton continues to work it.

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Royals Sign Travis Snider To Minor League Deal

By Charlie Wilmoth | January 30, 2016 at 2:13pm CST

The Royals have announced that they’ve signed corner outfielder Travis Snider to a minor league deal with a Spring Training invite. Snider is a client of CAA Sports.

Snider, who will turn 28 this week, batted .232/.313/.350 in 265 plate appearances split between the Orioles and Pirates in 2015. The Orioles sent two pitching prospects to Pittsburgh for Snider he performed well in a part-time role in 2014, but he was a disappointment in Baltimore and was ultimately released. He re-signed with the Bucs and rejoined the team when rosters expanded in September.

Snider, the 14th overall pick in the 2006 draft, was once a top prospect in the Blue Jays organization but has struggled to string together productive seasons in the Majors. He has, however, done just enough with the bat (with a career .244/.311/.399 line) to potentially provide an organization with a good left-handed bench option.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

Maybe Snider is our left handed bat to pair up with LHB Jarrod Dyson. Snider has hit LHP just a shade better than RHP with a career .247 compared to .243. He has hit far more home runs off of RHP though at 46 VS 8.

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz (Post 12056505)

@Royals: #Royals sign OF Travis Snider to a minor league contract with an invitation to MLB Spring Training.

What's the low down on this guy anyway? Is he back up for OF injuries or can he be more then that.

Hey I remember Travis Snider with the Blue Jays.

Psssst, (bricks whispers) he's not that good.

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Originally Posted by bricks (Post 12056634)

Hey I remember Travis Snider with the Blue Jays.

Psssst, (bricks whispers) he's not that good.

He's got to be a better defender than that walking meat sack the Blue Jays trotted out in RF last season.

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Originally Posted by Fairplay (Post 12056632)

What's the low down on this guy anyway? Is he back up for OF injuries or can he be more then that.

He was a former first rounder but I assume he's an injury only guy that is AAA depth

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Originally Posted by LoneWolf (Post 12056641)

He's got to be a better defender than that walking meat sack the Blue Jays trotted out in RF last season.

Hey, look, I throw to second!

I remember when Travis Snider was "too much" to include with Kyle Drabek for Zack Greinke. LOL.

Did anyone go to Fan Fest today?

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 12056854)

Did anyone go to Fan Fest today?

I took the family. Had an ok time, but too many people there to get much out of it. Fun to start getting back into the baseball swing.

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Originally Posted by Wilson8 (Post 12056525)

Interesting signing by KC. Dayton continues to work it.

If you're going to post your own articles on here, acknowledge that you're the one writing them. Otherwise you're just spamming.

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Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 12056973)

If you're going to post your own articles on here, acknowledge that you're the one writing them. Otherwise you're just spamming.

Please explain.

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 12056843)

I remember when Travis Snider was "too much" to include with Kyle Drabek for Zack Greinke. LOL.

It's truly incredible I was about to post this very thing and you beat me to the punch. You must have ESP

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Jeff Passan
✔ ‎@JeffPassan

Royals have been on Travis Snider all offseason. Between him and Dillon Gee, they've signed two of the highest-upside minor league deals.

2:31 PM - 30 Jan 2016

The more I read on this deal, the more I like.

Very low risk since it is a minor league deal BUT it might give the Royals a left handed bat for their bench.