March 21 (UPI) -- The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a five-year contract extension with 2018 American League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell.
Tampa Bay announced the pact Thursday. Sources told MLB Network the pact is worth $50 million. Snell, 26, posted a Major League Baseball best 21 wins in 2018. He also won the American League ERA title with a 1.89 mark in his 31 starts for the Rays.