SF Giants make another late splash, add Cy Young winner Blake Snell: reports
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With less than two weeks until Opening Day, the Giants reportedly made one of their biggest additions of the offseason Monday evening. Blake Snell, the reigning National League Cy Young winner, will reunite with manager Bob Melvin and shore up a depleted starting rotation, according to multiple reports. The deal, first reported by the New York Post’s Jon Heyman, is for a reported two years and $62 million with an opt out after this season. Pending a physical, the deal has not been officially announced by the team. Snell, 31, joins third baseman Matt Chapman as an exclamation point on the Giants’ offseason, bringing their total commitments north of $300 million, second only to the Dodgers. Like Chapman, Snell is a client of superagent Scott Boras who didn’t receive the nine-figure deal he was originally seeking. Playing the waiting game paid off for the Giants, who now feature the top two finishers in last year’s National League Cy Young voting at the top of their rotation. A two-time Cy Young winner, Snell should slot into the No. 2 spot in the rotation