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The reigning National League Cy Young Award
winner will have the right to opt out of the deal after the 2024
season, per the reports.
Snell, who also won the American League Cy Young Award in 2018,
reportedly was seeking a long-term contract through the winter
but had yet to find a buyer midway through spring training.
He now joins a rotation that also includes the pitcher who
finished runner-up to him in last year's NL Cy Young voting,
right-hander Logan Webb.
Snell, 31, went 14-9 with a major-league-leading 2.25 ERA in 32
starts last year for the San Diego Padres. He walked a
big-league-high 99 batters, but he yielded the fewest hits per
nine innings among starting pitchers, 5.8 (115 hits in 180
innings).
Snell began his major league career with the Tampa Bay Rays in
2016. He earned his lone All-Star team selection in 2018, when
he went 21-5 and led the AL in wins and ERA (1.89). He was
traded to the Padres in December 2020 for a four-player package
topped by catcher Francisco Mejia.
In 191 major league appearances, all starts, Snell has a 71-55
record with a 3.20 ERA, 1,223 strikeouts, 451 walks and 775 hits
allowed in 992 2/3 innings.
The Giants are set to add Snell to their offseason haul. After
they were unsuccessful in a bid to land two-way superstar Shohei
Ohtani, San Francisco landed outfielder Jung Hoo Lee on a
six-year, $113 million deal and third baseman Matt Chapman for
three years and $54 million.
--Field Level Media
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