Nick Snyder makes MLB debut with Rangers
FRISCO, Texas (August 22, 2021) – Former RoughRiders pitcher Nick Snyder made his Major League Baseball debut with the Texas Rangers on Saturday against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Snyder debuted in the ninth inning of the Rangers 10-1 win over the Red Sox, working a 1-2-3 inning
FRISCO, Texas (August 22, 2021) – Former RoughRiders pitcher Nick Snyder made his Major League Baseball debut with the Texas Rangers on Saturday against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
Snyder debuted in the ninth inning of the Rangers 10-1 win over the Red Sox, working a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout of J.D. Martinez.
The Florida native was brilliant with the RoughRiders, going 0-1 with a 1.65 ERA over 13 outings. In 16.1 innings, Snyder struck out 25 and walked just one. The 25-year-old began the season with High-A Hickory before progressing through Frisco and Triple-A Round Rock on his way to Texas.
The former shortstop at Indian River State Junior College was drafted by the Rangers as a pitcher in the 19th round of the 2017 draft and underwent "Tommy John" surgery in 2020.
Snyder is the 171st former RoughRiders player to make his major-league debut after playing in Frisco and the fifth in 2021, following Andy Ibañez, Luis Marté, Joe Barlow and Yonny Hernandez.
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About the RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance in each of the last 15 seasons (2005-2019). In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the new ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, InTouch Grille, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 160 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including current Rangers players Jose Trevino, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Taylor Hearn. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected]