SNELTEN MAKES QUICK LEAP FROM CHICAGO DOGS TO MLB SPRING TRAINING WITH TAMPA BAY

SNELTEN MAKES QUICK LEAP FROM CHICAGO DOGS TO MLB SPRING TRAINING WITH TAMPA BAY

Source: American Association News

By Bob Wirz It is not often when a player gets invited to a major league spring training camp right after spending a season in an Independent league unless he has some type of high profile history. The Chicago Dogs‘  D. J. Snelten, who had four brief relief appearances (4.1 innings) with San Francisco early in ’18, is an exception. Of course, Snelten is a left-hander, is only 27 and was a starting pitcher last season for the first time since the 2016 season so Tampa Bay, which signed the University of Minnesota hurler recently and has a reputation for finding pitching nuggets, is giving him an opportunity.  He also may have benefited from social media efforts, which some players with the need for a career boost use these days to promote themselves. The Rays already have shown they like Independent league pitchers with three right-handers figuring into their current…

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