Snell was added to the Rays' active roster Friday in advance of Saturday's spot start against the Yankees.
One of the top five or six pitching prospects in the game, Snell will make his highly-anticipated big league debut Saturday in Yankee Stadium. The Rays have gone out of their way to say that Snell will be optioned back to Triple-A Durham after Saturday's start, but a successful outing could go a long way towards getting him back up sooner than later. The Rays have already gained an extra year of control by holding Snell down this long, and Erasmo Ramirez's emergence as a solidifying force in the bullpen led to Snell debuting in the rotation a little earlier than expected. He is worth a spot start in shallower mixed leagues with daily roster transactions, but he was likely already rostered in deeper mixed leagues prior to the announcement of the spot start.