Matt Chapman, Giants Agree to 3-Year, $54M Contract

the worst kept secret at Giants Camp over the first three weeks has been new manager Bob Melvin's desire for a reunion with Matt Chapman on Friday president of baseball operations faran zadii reportedly got Melvin his guy Chapman and the Giants have agreed to a three-year $54 million contract the New York Post John hayon reported late Friday night the deal reportedly has opt outs after the first two seasons making it similar to the one that Cody Bellinger another Scott Boris client recently signed with the Chicago Cubs when Camp opened last month Boris had the top for players left on the free agent Market he now has found homes for two of them and the Giants remain engaged on a third per sources they remain patient and have stayed in the mix for Chapman and reigning NL Young Award winner Blake Snell in recent days with Chapman adding another big bat to a New Look lineup Chapman joins Yung hul Lee and Jorge solar as notable newcomers and likely will hit either directly in front of or behind Solar San Francisco's new cleanup hitter Chapman 30 is coming off a down year overall but he hit 27 homers in each of the two previous Seasons he was an Allstar in 2019 when he hit 36 homers for Melvin's Oakland Athletics Chapman's 75 5 Ops last season was the second lowest of his career but he still was worth 4.4 wins above replacement per baseball reference that figure was nearly two wins better than the top Giants position player and the value came mostly from his allor defense at third base Chapman has four Gold Glove Awards in the last six seasons and twice has won the AL Platinum glove given to the League's best overall Defender his presence gives the Giants one of the League's best at third and also should benefit another position Chapman will make life a lot easier for rookie shortstop Marco luchano Chapman's addition leaves the Giants with the Surplus at third base and potentially the chance to make additional big moves incumbent GD Davis is coming off a solid year and is off to a strong start this spring and the Giants also have had Casey Schmidt in the Hot Corner mix it's unclear how they'll find playing time for Davis but Schmidt has been moving around this spring seeing plenty of reps at shortstop early in Camp the move also removes another Avenue for Wilmer Flores the best hitter on last year's team but these are problems Melvin will be eager to tackle he was there when Chapman arrived in the big leagues in 2017 and now will reunite with his former a third baseman across the Bay Bridge

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