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Then again, what if the actual best pitcher on the trade market is a two-time Cy Young Award winner who happens to be red-hot right now?
Blake Snell, in other words. As Heyman reported on Sunday, the Yankees are but one of six teams interested in the lefty:
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News: Yankees are among 6 teams to check in on Blake Snell. While Giants listen, Snell turned in uber dominant performance Saturday (15 K), SF starters are killing it now and they’re just 4 1/2 out of WC. Other complications: NYY in top tax bracket and BS $30M 2025 player option
The interest in Snell, 31, is ramping up just as he’s doing the same thing in his own right. He spent the first three months of the season either injured or pitching poorly but has since allowed only two runs over 24 innings across his last four starts.
There are nonetheless two key questions here:
Will the Giants sell?Is Snell even moveable?
According to Nightengale, rival executives believe the answer to the first question is yes. The Giants are merely treading water in the NL wild-card race, with FanGraphs putting their playoff chances at just 20.5 percent.
Snell’s contract, however, is a doozy. His $32 million salary is a lot to absorb, and his future involves him either accepting a $30 million player option for 2025 or declining it and reentering the open market. Despite his hot hand, both outcomes are reasonably in play.
Either way, it’s hard to imagine the Giants getting ample talent back in a Snell trade. And if that does prove to be the case, they might as well keep him and see if they can go on a run in August and September.
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