BIOGRAPHY
Kirby Snead was born October 7, 1994, in Alachua, Florida. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Snead attended Santa Fe High School in his hometown of Alachua, Florida. Undrafted out of high school, he then attended the University of Florida, and played three seasons for the Florida Gators. In his freshman season, Snead appeared in 32 games and pitched to a 3–0 win–loss record, 2.40 earned run average (ERA), and 22 strikeouts in 411⁄3 innings. As a sophomore, Snead went 1–0 in 28 games played, and posted a 3.15 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 341⁄3 innings pitched. In his final season with the Gators, Snead made a Southeastern Conference-leading 41 relief appearances, and in 352⁄3 innings went 3–1 with a 2.78 ERA and 33 strikeouts.
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Snead in the tenth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He received a $125,000 signing bonus and was assigned to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. After a single appearance for Dunedin he was assigned to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts, where he finished the 2016 season. In 14 total relief appearances, Snead went 0–1 with a 3.62 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 271⁄3 innings. He began the 2017 season with Lansing, and was promoted to Dunedin in mid-June. Snead ended 2017 with a 7–2 record, 1.79 ERA, and 56 strikeouts in 42 appearances, and did not yield a home run.
Snead made his Major League debut on July 28, 2021, against the Boston Red Sox retiring the only two hitters he faced. He finished the season with a 2.35 ERA and 7 strikeouts in 7.2 innings.
On March 16, 2022, the Blue Jays traded Snead, Gunnar Hoglund, Kevin Smith, and Zach Logue to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Chapman.
