Matt Chapman, who’s placing up stable numbers in his first season with the Giants, will probably be staying in San Francisco long run. The third baseman agreed to a six-year, $151 million contract extension with the staff on Wednesday. Beginning subsequent yr, Chapman, 31, will make $25 million yearly by way of 2030, with a $1 million signing bonus to be paid in 2025. Chapman joined the Giants as a free agent in March. He’s making $18 million this yr and had participant choices for $17 million in 2025 and $18 million in 2026, then a mutual possibility for $20 million in 2027. The brand new pact negates all of these possibility years. Identified extra for his fielding than his hitting, Chapman is a four-time Gold Glove winner who was an All-Star in 2019. This yr, he’s batting .247 with a .333 on-base share, a .445 slugging share, 22 homers and 69 RBIs in 136 video games. Chapman is within the midst of a sizzling streak, hitting .346 (9-for-26) with two homers and 6 RBIs in his previous seven video games. He was scratched from the lineup on Wednesday for a relaxation because the Giants misplaced 6-4 to the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks. Chapman broke into the majors with the A’s in 2017 and remained in Oakland by way of 2021. He was traded to the Blue Jays earlier than the 2022 season and spent two seasons in Toronto earlier than signing with San Francisco. The Giants (68-72) had been on the fringes of wild-card rivalry earlier than shedding six of their previous seven video games, leaving them 8 1/2 video games behind the ultimate Nationwide League wild-card place. –Subject Degree Media
