Launcher Blake Snell withdraws from its contract with the San Francisco Giants and will become a free agent for the second consecutive offseason.
Last season, Snell compiled a 3.12 ERA and a 5-3 record with 145 strikeouts in 104 innings. The left-hander threw his first career no-hitter on August 2 against the Cincinnati Reds. However, he was limited to 20 starts due to injuries to his left adductor and left groin.
Snell, 31, signed a two-year deal with the Giants after being available on the free agent market until March, failing to secure the lucrative long-term deal he was hoping for after winning the National League Cy Young Award in 2023 with the Giants. San Diego Padres with a 2.24 ERA, a 14–9 record and 234 strikeouts in 180 innings.
The nine-year veteran was one of four clients of Scott Boras who were highly touted free agents but found no teams interested in signing them to lucrative, multi-year, nine-figure contracts. Each of the “Boras Four” did not sign until spring training began, as the start of the regular season approached.
Snell’s two-year deal was worth $62 million, paying him $15 million in 2024, with $30 million set for 2025, with $15 million reportedly carried over to 2027. Jordan Montgomery sign a one-year, $15 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks. (The deal included a $25 million vesting option for the player. that Montgomery exercised this week.)
Matt Chapman signed a three-year, $54 million deal with the Giants. And Cody Bellinger may have gotten the best deal, by re-signing with the Chicago Cubs For three years and 80 million dollars.
However, Chapman ultimately cashed in on the kind of deal he and Boras expected last offseason, agreeing to a six-year, $151 million extension in September. He finished with a .247 average, .790 OPS and 15 stolen bases, leading the team with 39 doubles, 27 home runs and 78 RBIs.
After the season he had with the Padres and two years removed from the second Cy Young Award of his career (he first won in 2018 with the Tampa Bay Rays), Snell hopes for a similar salary in the middle a free agent market in which he is listed as one of the best starting pitchers available with Corbin Burnes, Jack Flaherty And Max Frit.
