Miami, FL – Miami Marlins pitching prospect Robby Snelling is expected to miss the remainder of the season after the organization announced the left handed pitcher will undergo elbow surgery.<\/p>\n
The Marlins confirmed the injury after Snelling reportedly experienced arm discomfort during a recent appearance while pitching for Double A Pensacola. <\/p>\n
Team officials said further medical evaluations determined surgery would be necessary, ending the 21 year old prospect\u2019s 2026 season.<\/p>\n
Snelling is considered one of the top young pitchers in Miami\u2019s farm system and was viewed as a potential future option for the Marlins\u2019 major league starting rotation. <\/p>\n
The organization acquired him earlier this year from the San Diego Padres in the trade involving former batting champion Luis Arraez.<\/p>\n
Before the injury, Snelling had continued progressing through the minor leagues while posting strong strikeout numbers and developing into one of the Marlins\u2019 highest rated prospects. <\/p>\n
His performances in Double A drew attention as the organization continued rebuilding its pitching depth for the future.<\/p>\n
The Marlins have not publicly disclosed the exact surgical procedure or provided a detailed recovery timetable. <\/p>\n
However, elbow surgeries for pitchers frequently require lengthy rehabilitation periods that can extend into the following baseball season.<\/p>\n
The injury marks another challenge for the Marlins organization as the team continues dealing with pitching related injuries at both the major league and minor league levels in recent seasons.<\/p>\n
Snelling was previously ranked among the Padres\u2019 top prospects before joining Miami\u2019s organization as part of the high profile Arraez trade package.<\/p>\n
The team has not announced when rehabilitation activities will begin following the surgery or whether Snelling is expected to be ready for the start of next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami, FL – Miami Marlins pitching prospect Robby Snelling is expected to miss the remainder of the season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[5,1816,778,58,4171,4,2320,17453,1479,7826],"class_list":["post-705944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-marlins","tag-baseball","tag-marlins","tag-miami","tag-miami-marlins","tag-miamimarlins","tag-mlb","tag-pitcher","tag-robby-snelling","tag-season","tag-surgery"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116619667316560305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}