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Dodgers defenestrating Sox, Snell signs 5 years, $182 million


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Free-agent left-hander Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a five-year, $182 million contract, sources told ESPN on Tuesday night.

The deal, which is pending a physical, includes no opt-outs, some deferred money and a $52 million signing bonus, sources said.

The $182 million contract is the third largest for a left-handed pitcher in major league history based on total value, behind only David Price's with the Boston Red Sox in 2015 ($217 million) and Clayton Kershaw's with the Dodgers in 2014 ($215M).

And for the Dodgers, it's another massive deal for a free agent. They've now handed out five contracts worth at least $100 million since the start of the 2023-24 offseason -- the same number as the rest of MLB combined (and five significantly bigger than the Benintendi and Grandal deals, haha).

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42634448/sources-dodgers-reach-deal-free-agent-blake-snell

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9 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

In what way is this signing about throwing the Sox from a window? Wouldn't hurt anyway. Sox dwell in the sub-basement.

Getting thrown out an egress window lolol. That’s so much work for the one doing the throwing.

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12 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

In what way is this signing about throwing the Sox from a window? Wouldn't hurt anyway. Sox dwell in the sub-basement.

If the White Sox had to keep signing and trading for every starting pitcher who hit the market because they need 15 top starters to make it through a season, I think people here would see that as a problem. 

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21 minutes ago, Snopek said:

Getting thrown out an egress window lolol. That’s so much work for the one doing the throwing.

lol they just bounce off the window well and come right back in

 

WE ARE HERE FOR MORE LOSING 

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Not quite the correct usage but the history teacher in our school was just using it in class so I decided to incorporate a new word of the week.

Snell would drive Greg crazy with 4-5 inning 100+ pitch count outings.  Great personality/interview, good kid but wouldn't be the best mentor for Smith and Schultz compared to a Buehrle/Sale fast and efficient approach to pitching.

Every 4-5 seasons, you get a Cy Young quality performance out of him as well.

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11 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Yeah, it seemed like they spent on the guys worth spending on like Betts, Freeman, Ohtani: true superstars in the game. Yamamoto if he lives up to the hype.

 

Which required the Red Sox and Braves fumbling.

So baseball may be broken, but it's because of Friedman setting up the Dodgers to exploit other teams' mistakes.

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4 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Isn’t this a good thing, as it tightens the  supply of the elite available left-handed starters?  And the size of the contract versus Crochet’s also should enhance his demand.  

Yeah this was pointed out in the thread that it takes a lefty off the board and from a team that posters didn't really like as a fit.

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