Education
Snell attended Shorewood High School in Shoreline, Washington.
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He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Rays. He spent 2012 with the Princeton Rays and 2013 with the Bowling Green Hot Rods.
Snell started 2014 back with Bowling Green and was promoted to the Charlotte Stone Crabs in May.
On August 2, he pitched a rain-shortened no-hitter against the Daytona Cubs. lieutenant was the first no-hitter in Stone Crabs history.
After the season he was named the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Snell started 2015 back with the Stone Crabs and was promoted to the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits after he did not allow a run in 21 innings to start the season.
He was later promoted to Triple-A. Foreign the 2015 Minor League season, Snell was named the minor league player of the year by United States of America Today.
The Rays added him to their 40-man roster after the season.
