Recent reports suggest that the SF Giants are not going to pursue high-priced pitchers this offseason. An ill-fated decision made in 2024 with Blake Snell's contract may be part of the reason why the Giants are not going to spend big on the rotation.
A recent piece by Andrew Baggarly in The Athletic digs into the reasons why the Giants seem unlikely to pursue big pitchers this offseason, specifically Japanese ace Tatsuya Imai. Part of it has to do with the contract the Giants gave to Blake Snell.
SF Giants' ill-fated Blake Snell decision is still costing them
Baggarly writes about how the Giants may not have as much financial flexibility as it may seem because of the deferred money that was included in Snell's contract when he signed with the Giants ahead of the 2024 season:
"Yet the balance sheet forecasts for 2026, at least the bits of it that can be ascertained, tell a different story.