Cy Young Winner Blake Snell Has Set High Bars Which Might Cause Obstruction To A Blockbuster Deal

Blake Snell, the current NL Cy Young champion, is still up for grabs. The New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, and San Francisco Giants are reportedly among the teams participating in his sweepstakes.

Cy Young Winner Blake Snell Has Set High Bars Which Might Cause Obstruction To A Blockbuster Deal

Beat writer Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle verified the Giants’ participation. Susan claims that the club should be more inclined to pursue Snell now that Matt Chapman (three years, $54 million) has signed with them.

When Adrián Beltré signed a one-year deal with the Boston Red Sox in 2010 following a disappointing season with the Seattle Mariners, the agency coined the phrase.

Then, according to Boras, “it’s soft, it’s there, but it’s not with you all the time when you wake up in the morning.” “That’s a one-year contract. It’s a cushion. You use it for a little bit, and you go on.”

This season, Boras gave Matt Chapman and Cody Bellinger more substantial pillow contracts since neither player was able to secure the type of long-term deals the agency was looking for. After Bellinger spent three years hitting, the business wasn’t quite convinced by his one season of recovery.209. Chapman showed major red flags last season when he struggled against high fastballs (.172)  and spin (.188), which is pretty much what MLB pitching is these days.

MLB team officials “widely believe” that the two-time Cy Young champion “will ultimately sign with the Los Angeles Angels or possibly the San Francisco Giants,” according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.

The Philadelphia Phillies “have interest” in Snell as well, according to Nightengale, but “only on a one-year or short-term contract.”

Many people thought Snell was “seeking a deal worth more than $200 million after winning his second Cy Young Award,” according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com earlier this winter. But with Opening Day on March 28 rapidly approaching, it seems less and less probable that he will sign a deal for that sum.

It’s Snell who has me puzzled as to why no club has yet to capitalize on what Boras perceives to be his worth. Snell is worth around $30 million times seven if Carlos Rodón is valued at $27 million times six. Rodón had a 115 ERA+ over 847 innings, had undergone Tommy John surgery, and had never pitched 180 innings.

Snell has pitched 180 innings twice, had no arm surgery other than the removal of loose bodies from his elbow in 2019, and after 992 innings, he has a 127 ERA+.

He is an ace, though, a modern-day ace who misses bats like very few starters on the earth and who doesn’t have to take the ball into the eighth inning.

Is Snell a free agent?

Spring training is underway for more than two weeks, and Snell is still a free agent. Snell is waiting by his phone, while the majority of other major league pitchers and many of Scott Boras’s players have secured homes for 2024.

How many games did Blake Snell win?

Career Regular Season
G W-L SO
191 71-55 1223

Blake Snell 2023 Rankings

IP per Start 5.6 Tied-43rd
Innings 180 T-24th
Quality Starts 20 T-5th
Avg. Game Score 61.4 T-2nd
Pitches per Start 99 T-1st
100+ Pitch Games 18 T-1st

 

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