Giants Sign Blake Snell

Like Matt Chapman, the Giants have been linked to Blake Snell for the entire off-season. Like Matt Chapman, it wasn’t just talk. Today it became official. Snell signs a two-year, $62M deal that pays him $15M for 2024 and a $17M bonus down the road if he takes $30M for 2025. It’s a crazy Zaidian thing, I know, but it’s just fine by me. The Giants needed to beef up the rotation and they signed the best player they could get. Snell is a wild card: when he’s good he’s the very best; when he’s not, he’s ordinary. But the reigning NL Cy Young Awardee joins second-place finisher Logan Webb to make a dandy tandem at the top of the rotation. Does this make us contenders?

It’s all about Snell’s health, of course. If he can pitch he’s a dominant presence. Like a lot of today’s aces (Jacob deGrom comes to mind) he is often unavailable. That’s the risk you take. But it’s a worthwhile risk in my mind.

This is the craziest off-season ever, I think. It’s a heapin’ pile of FNGs!!

Go Giants!

–M.C.