Tucson Toros Pitcher Andrew Snowdon Acquired by Philadelphia
July 24, 2010 - Golden Baseball League (GBL) News Release
Tucson, AZ - The Tucson Toros announced that the Philadelphia Phillies have acquired the contract of Pitcher Andrew Snowdon. The righthander has excelled in his first taste of professional baseball, posting a 2.97 ERA with 34 strikeouts in 39 1/3 innings out of the Toros bullpen. Snowdon's brilliance lead to his selection to represent the Golden Baseball League in the International All-Star Game where he struck out two batters in a scoreless inning. Snowdon is expected to be assigned to the Single-A Clearwater Threshers of the Florida State League.
The Toros drafted the Renton, Washington native with their 1st Round Pick (8th overall) out of the Arizona Winter League, a premier winter instructional league for professional and aspiring professional baseball players. Snowdon went 5-1 in the AWL, leading the league with 39 innings pitched and ranking second in strikeouts with 39. Andrew previous played for the Wildcats of Central Washington University.
Snowdon is the fifth Tucson Toro, to be picked up by a Major League organization, joining Pitchers Andrew Romo who signed with the San Francisco Giants organization, Rene Garcia who is now in the Chicago White Sox farm system, Tom Wilhelmsen who is now in the Seattle Mariners system and First Baseman Dustin Yount who was picked up by the Los Angeles Dodgers in February and has been playing for their Double-A affiliate in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
He is the 10th GBL player this season to have his contract purchased by a major league organization.
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