(Undated) -- Former Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell is the winner of the first MLB The Show Players League in a three-game sweep against Chicago White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito in a best-of-five championship. Snell's Tampa Bay Rays beat Giolito's Sox 5-1, 3-2 and 6-0. The three-inning games were aired on ESPN. For winning, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Suncoast will receive 25-thousand-dollars. Snell tweeted after his win: "I needed it so bad!" The team also congratulated the southpaw on Twitter, photoshopping a banner being hung in his honor at Tropicana Field.