Snelling earns 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp left-handed pitcher Robby Snelling has been named a 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award© recipient for defensive excellence. Snelling is the just the fifth Jacksonville player ever to earn a Gold Glove.

Over 25 games between Jacksonville and Double-A Pensacola, Snelling handled 17 chances without an error in 136.0 innings. The left-hander excelled on the mound as well. Snelling began the season with Pensacola, totaling a 3-5 record and 3.61 ERA in 14 starts. He was electric upon his promotion to Jacksonville. Snelling made 11 starts with the Jumbo Shrimp, going 6-2 with a 1.27 ERA. Over 63.2 innings, he ceded only 46 hits and 17 walks against 81 strikeouts.

A 21-year-old from Reno, Nev., Snelling compiled three double-digit strikeout games out of those 11 starts with Jacksonville. He did not yield more than two runs in any outing in the regular season. In game one of a doubleheader on September 3 at Charlotte, Snelling fanned 13 batters, the most for a Jumbo Shrimp pitcher since 2019, in the club’s first complete-game effort since Devin Smeltzer’s no-hitter on September 1, 2023 in game two of a twin bill against Charlotte.

Snelling helped Jacksonville win its first championship of the Jumbo Shrimp era (2017-present) by besting Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the International League Championship Series. It was Jacksonville’s first International League title since 1968. The Jumbo Shrimp followed that up by beating Las Vegas in the Triple-A National Championship, also a first for the franchise.

First baseman Lou Klimchock became the first Jacksonville player to win the Gold Glove honor in 1966. Outfielder Rocky Craig took home the award in 1973, catcher George Enright notched the prize at catcher in 1978 and outfielder Victor Victor Mesa later became the first Jumbo Shrimp to snag a Gold Glove following the 2019 campaign.

ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The 2025 International League and Triple-A National Champions, the Jumbo Shrimp call VyStar Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.