When you're good enough to sign a five-year, $90-million contract, it naturally follows that you're also a big enough deal for your own emoji.
That's what the San Francisco Giants have done with their newest arm in Jeff Samardzija, who they announced will be officially unveiled Saturday in a Twitter post complete with an accurate emoji for someone nicknamed "The Shark."
Tomorrow we officially welcome Jeff Samardzija to the Orange & Black.
12:30 pm Streaming LIVE #SFGiants.com pic.twitter.com/zvg2khsXyM
— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) December 10, 2015
Samardzija is expected to provide some bite to a rotation that ranked ninth last season with a 3.72 ERA.