Pages

▼

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Seattle Times: Shorewood grad Blake Snell signs 5 year contact with Rays for $50 million

Blake Snell pitched for Shorewood
in 2011
Photo by Wayne Pridemore
26 year old Blake Snell, a baseball star at Shorewood, made his MLB debut with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016 and won the American League Cy Young Award in 2018.

He recently negotiated a new contract with the Rays that adds up to $50 million over five years.

The new contract includes a $3 million signing bonus payable within 30 days of the deal’s approval by Major League Baseball and a raise to $1 million for this season. 
He gets $7 million in 2020, $10.5 million in 2021, $12.5 million in 2022 and $16 million in 2023. 
His 2023 salary could escalate by up to $2 million based on Cy Young Award voting in the first four years: $1 million for each win, $500,000 for each second-place finish and $250,000 for each third-place finish.

Read the story HERE



at

1 comment:

We encourage the thoughtful sharing of information and ideas. We expect comments to be civil and respectful, with no personal attacks or offensive language. We reserve the right to delete any comment.