{"id":13932,"date":"2024-03-19T09:23:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=13932"},"modified":"2024-03-19T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T11:16:14","slug":"two-time-cy-young-winner-blake-snell-agrees-to-join-the-san-francisco-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/two-time-cy-young-winner-blake-snell-agrees-to-join-the-san-francisco-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Time Cy Young Winner Blake Snell Agrees to Join the Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blake-snell-agrees-to-join-the-san-francisco-giants.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Snell agrees to join the San Francisco Giants\" title=\"Two-Time Cy Young Winner Blake Snell Agrees to Join the San Francisco Giants\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13933\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blake Snell has agreed to a deal with the San Francisco Giants.<\/li>\n<li>The two-time Cy Young winner will allegedly stay with the Giants for the next two years.<\/li>\n<li>The $62 million deal includes an opt-out clause after the first season. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two-time Cy Young winner <strong>Blake Snell<\/strong> has allegedly agreed to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/baseball\">baseball<\/a>&#8216;s San Francisco Giants for two years. <\/p>\n<h2>$62 Million Contract<\/h2>\n<p>According to an anonymous source with direct knowledge of the deal who spoke to USA TODAY Sports, the player has finally said yes to the agreement more than a week before Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p>While the contract has not yet been sealed in ink, the $62 million contract also includes an opt-out clause that will be available at the end of the first season.<\/p>\n<p>31-year-old Snell enjoyed a good season representing the <strong>San Diego Padres<\/strong>. He led the major leagues in ERA (<em>2.25<\/em>), adjusted ERA (<em>182<\/em>) as well as the fewest hits per nine innings (<em>5.8<\/em>) while scooping up the National League Cy Young Award. <\/p>\n<p>That capped a two-year stretch in which he <strong>posted a 2.72 ERA and 3.17 Fielding Independent Pitching over a 56-start stretch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The new contract with the Giants comes at the end of his now-expired five-year contract extension for $50 million with the <strong>Tampa Bay Rays<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Snell won the 2018 AL Cy Young together with Tampa Bay but had a hard time being consistent in the three seasons that came after, especially after the 2020 trade that transferred him to the Padres.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jOjH2tsTC8Q?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Giants\u2019 Slumber Offseason Flourishes<\/h2>\n<p>The team\u2019s offseason didn\u2019t start very well, ended up in a slumber, and it is now in bloom as Snell is getting ready to join <strong>Logan Webb<\/strong>, his runner-up in the 2023 NL Cy Young balloting. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March, <strong>the team also welcomed third baseman Matt Chapman<\/strong> after signing a similar short-term agreement featuring several opt-out clauses.<\/p>\n<p>The latest deals with the two come after a winter season that saw the Giants agree to a $113 million deal with South Korean center fielder <strong>Jung Hoo Lee<\/strong>, a $42 million contract for <strong>DH Jorge Soler<\/strong> that will spread over three years, and a $44 million agreement for <strong>Jordan Hicks<\/strong> that will end after four years. <\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/giants\">San Francisco Giants<\/a> also agreed to a trade for ex-AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray<\/strong>. Ray will only be joining the team in midseason.<\/p>\n<p>Will the Giants acquisitions make a difference in the upcoming season?  Get the latest odds with the our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/legal-us-online-betting-sites\">recommended US Sportsbooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Blake Snell has agreed to a deal with the San Francisco Giants. The two-time Cy Young winner will allegedly stay with the Giants for the next two years. The $62 million deal includes an opt-out clause after the first season. 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