Snelling earns International League All-Star honors

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp left-handed pitcher Robby Snelling has been named an International League All-Star, Minor League Baseball announced.

A native of Reno, Nev., 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.

The 21-year-old southpaw, 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 besting Las Vegas in the Triple-A National Championship, also a first for the franchise.

ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The team calls 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.