{"id":507195,"date":"2026-10-25T04:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T04:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507195\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T04:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T04:28:18","slug":"sf-giants-paid-injured-33-year-old-25-million-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507195\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Giants Paid Injured 33-Year-Old $25 Million This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 04: Buster Posey #28 of the San Francisco Giants sitting with his wife Kristen Posey speaks at a press conference announcing his retirement from Major League Baseball at Oracle Park on November 04, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Giants<\/a> came into the 2026 season with a very talented roster.<\/p>\n

However, they were among the worst teams in all of baseball.<\/p>\n

After a series of injuries (and trades), they ended the year with a completely different looking team.<\/p>\n

San Francisco Giants Paid Injured 33-Year-Old $25 Million<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyMatt Chapman #26 of the San Francisco Giants stands in the dugout before their game against the New York Mets<\/a> at Oracle Park on April 24, 2024 in San Francisco, California.\n<\/p>\n

One player who suffered an injury was Matt Chapman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has not played in a game since June 30.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old finished the 2026 season batting .235 with seven home runs, 42 RBIs and 35 runs in 84 games.<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyMatt Chapman #26 of the San Francisco Giants bats against the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> during the fifth inning of the MLB game at Chase Field on June 29, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona.\n<\/p>\n

With his injury (and struggles), it\u2019s worth noting that the Giants<\/a> paid Chapman $25 million for the 2026 season (h\/t Spotrac<\/a>).<\/p>\n

He had signed a huge extension with the Giants<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan wrote (on September 5, 2024):<\/a> \u201cThird baseman Matt Chapman and the San Francisco Giants<\/a> are in agreement on a six-year, $151 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN. It wipes out the final two years of his current deal and keeps Chapman from opting out.\u201d<\/p>\n

BREAKING: Third baseman Matt Chapman and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a six-year, $151 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN. It wipes out the final two years of his current deal and keeps Chapman from opting out.<\/p>\n

Chapman is going into his 4th season playing for the Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MLB.com wrote<\/a> (on September 29): \u201cContinuing his rehab in Arizona and will be ready by Spring Training.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking At Chapman\u2019s Other Stops<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyMatt Chapman #26 of the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> celebrates his solo home run, to take a 3-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>, during the eighth inning at Dodger Stadium on July 24, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.\n<\/p>\n

Chapman was picked in the 1st round of the 2014 MLB<\/a> Draft.<\/p>\n

He spent the first five years of his career with the Athletics.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Chapman made his only MLB All-Star Game.<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyMarcus Stroman #6 of the Toronto Blue Jays, Matt Chapman #26 of the Oakland Athletics and Mookie Betts<\/a> #50 of the Boston Red Sox<\/a> during the 2019 MLB All-Star Game at Progressive Field on July 09, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio.\n<\/p>\n

Chapman then had a two-year run with the Toronto Blue Jays before signing with San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Looking At The Giants<\/p>\n

The Giants<\/a> finished the 2026 season as the fourth-place team in the National League West with a 65-97 record.<\/p>\n

They last made the MLB playoffs during the 2021 season when legendary catcher Buster Posey<\/a> was still on the roster.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tBen Stinar<\/a> Ben Stinar has been covering the NBA for over seven years.\u00a0
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\nHe has written for OnSI, Forbes, Amico Hoops, The Big Lead and had a podcast with former All-Star Jameer Nelson. More about Ben Stinar<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 04: Buster Posey #28 of the San Francisco Giants sitting with his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-507195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}