He only pitched two games in 2000 and missed the entire 2001 minor league season recovering from Tommy John surgery.

Snyder is perhaps best known in Boston for his 41⁄3 inning relief effort for the Red Sox in a July 31, 2006 game against the Cleveland Indians.

[5] Snyder's first full season in the big league was in 2007, when he appeared in 46 games, one more than his previous three professional years combined.

[6] In April 2008, Snyder was designated for assignment to make room for Josh Beckett, who was returning from the 15-day disabled list.

[9] After playing sparingly through the 2011 season, for multiple minor league teams, Snyder retired as an active player.

In 2012, the Tampa Bay Rays hired Snyder as pitching coach for the Short-Season A level Hudson Valley Renegades.