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Blake Snell and Bob Melvin Will Have a Small Slice of Baseball History with San Francisco Giants

When Blake Snell and Bob Melvin officially link up for the San Francisco Giants in 2024, they'll have a small slice of baseball history under their belts.

Brady Farkas

Blake Snell and Bob Melvin Will Have a Small Slice of Baseball History with San Francisco Giants
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On Monday night, the nightmarish offseason for pitcher Blake Snell finally ended as he signed a two-year deal with the San Francisco Giants.

The reigning National League Cy Young winner will reconvene with his old manager Bob Melvin, who he just had last year in San Diego. When they do, they'll have a small slice of baseball history under their belt as well, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

Blake Snell Bob Melvin Snell will be the 17th pitcher to start a game for the same manager in consecutive years with a different team in the divisional era (1969) and 6th since 1999, joining (h/t @EliasSports):

Sean Manaea/Bob Melvin 2021 OAK, 2022 SD 

Drew Smyly/Gabe Kapler 2019 PHI, 2020 SF 

Mark Buehrle/Ozzie Guillen 2011 CHW, 2012 MIA 

Carl Pavano/Jeff Torborg 2001 MON, 2002 FLA 

Hideo Nomo/Phil Garner 1999 MIL, 2000 DET

It's unclear exactly when Snell could be ready for game action in San Francisco and he likely will require some minor league starts to get prepared, but when he joins the Giants, he will go a long way towards making them contenders in the National League West.

Snell went 14-9 last year with a 2.25 ERA to win the Cy Young, which was the second of his career. He struck out a whopping 234 batters in 180.0 innings.

Lifetime, he's 71-55 with a 3.20 ERA. He's played in eight major league seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays and Padres. He helped the Rays get to the 2020 World Series and also won the Cy Young in 2018, going 21-5 with a 1.89 ERA.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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