New Arrival: Cory Snyder, if, Cleveland Indians

I was buying a small lot of cards and decided to toss this one in too. The design is clean and the autograph really pops nicely.

Cory Snyder was drafted 4th overall in the 1984 draft and only spent one full season in the minors before getting the call to the big league club. He was more than ready and in hit .272/.299/.500 with 24 HR and an OPS+ of 115 with the Indians. He finished 4th in ROY voting.

Snyders problem throughout his career was strikeouts. He always struck out a ton, even leading the league in 1983 with 147 K’s. These K’s depressed his on-base numbers, and over his nine seasons in the big leagues he never had an OBP over .331.

It’s fun to think about what kind of player he would have been with just a little better discipline. Now that I am thinking about it maybe he wasn’t totally ready for that call-up in 1986 and instead could have used a couple of seasons of coaching in the minors.