The San Francisco Giants and third baseman Matt Chapman have agreed to a six-year, $151M contract extension, giving the staff a uncommon win in one other misplaced season.
The deal was a win-win, and each events reportedly needed it badly.
The extension locks in one of many premier defensive third basemen. He has additionally been placing up his finest numbers on the plate since his lone All-Star marketing campaign in 2019 with the Oakland Athletics.
Chapman is third within the Nationwide League in Wins Above Substitute (WAR) at 6.0 and his .247 batting common and .333 on-base proportion are his finest marks in 5 years. He leads the Giants in video games performed (136), lacking simply 4 contests all yr, and paces the group in runs scored (90), hits (126), doubles (33) and whole bases (227) by a large margin. Chapman can be edging out all his teammates in dwelling runs (22), RBI (69), walks (61) and is second in stolen bases (13) amongst different classes.
As NBC Sports’ Alex Pavlovic noted, it is particularly spectacular that San Francisco might signal the four-time Gold Glove Award winner earlier than the season ends, as Scott Boras purchasers “nearly all the time” take a look at free company.
Chapman signed a one-year, $18M deal with the Giants in March.
Whereas San Francisco (68-72) is fading quick within the NL playoff picture and is threatening to publish its second straight shedding season, they will no less than have the star they needed on the scorching nook for the following six-plus years.
