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Blake Snell is one of the best free agent starting pitchers available this offseason

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It’s not often that a two-time Cy Young Award winner experiences such difficulty finding a new home when hitting free agency, but that’s exactly what happened with Blake Snell last offseason. In 2023, Snell earned his second career Cy Young Award as a member of the Padres. Despite that, Snell remained unsigned well into spring training, until he finally inked a two-year deal with the Giants on March 19. The contract included an opt-out after the first year, which Snell went on to exercise, leading him back into free agency for a second straight year.