One of MLB’s top remaining free agents is off the market.
Current National League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell is scheduled to join the San Francisco Giants, according to multiple reports.
Snell is on a two-year contract worth $62 million, with an opt-out after the first season.
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Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres watches the bottom of the sixth inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies on September 19, 2023 at Petco Park in San Diego. (Sean M. Huffey/Getty Images)
With spring training well underway, Snell’s presence as a free agent is concerning to some in the baseball world, as Snell and super-agent Scott Boras continue to hold out on a future contract. there were.
However, even after Snell won his second career Cy Young Award, the market did not develop as they expected.
In recent days, his market has started to get hotter than it has been in months, with the Giants at the forefront. The Giants have always been in need of more starting pitching, with Robbie Ray returning from Tommy John surgery and on the 60-day IL, and Alex Cobb and Tristan Beck expected to miss the beginning of the year. . Aces Logan Webb and Kyle Harrison.
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Snell should fit well into the rotation, but with the season starting in just a few weeks, it’s unclear when that will be.
The Houston Astros were also among those reportedly interested in Snell, but a deal with him was thought to be a long-term possibility. They reportedly “balked” at Snell’s offer of $60 million guaranteed over two years, including an opt-out after this season.
Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres pitches in the first inning of a game against the New York Mets at Citi Field on April 12, 2023 in New York City. (Sarah Steer/Getty Images)
The New York Yankees are also in the market for rotation players as Gerrit Cole will miss the start of the season, and Snell is also reportedly on the move.
It’s unclear whether his latest deal with the Giants includes an opt-out, but his money is properly paid where he wants it. If Snell feels like he can clean up by signing a long-term deal as a free agent after the 2024 season, he has the ability to do that with this deal.
Snell, who won the Cy Young Award with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018, pitched 180 innings and started 32 games with the San Diego Padres last season, recording 234 strikeouts, a league-leading 99 walks, and a defensive defense. A rate of 2.25 was recorded.
The 31-year-old features a wicked pitch composition that includes a mid-90s fastball and a brutal curveball that had a whiff rate of 56.3 percent and a put-away rate of 33.5 percent last season. The batter who did so would have been deceived. high rate.
Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres pitches during a spring training game against the Chicago White Sox at Peoria Stadium on March 11, 2023 in Peoria, Arizona. (John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
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The Giants need all the help they can get, as they have to face the star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers, Snell’s old Padres team, and the reigning National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West.
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