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[G-Fafif]

Dodgers sign Blake Snell for 5 years, $182 million.

[MFS62]

ECHHHHH!

Later

[Fman99]

Only exceeded 30 starts in a season twice in his career. Lots of money for 23 starts per year.

[metirish]

And $62 million deferred according to some and a $52 million signing bonus , so what's the actual annual hit ?

[MFS62]

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And $62 million deferred according to some and a $52 million signing bonus , so what's the actual annual hit ?

Edited November 27, 2024 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

I think you mean Ohtani and not Ichiro.



Deferring money is certainly not novel. And folks haven't tended to think it's smart when the Mets have done it.

[MFS62]

Fixed.

It isn't novel. But they seem to leverage it very well when balancing their budget to have several mega-stars on the roster at the same time.

Later

[smg58]

It comes to about $160M in today's dollars. Five years is more than I'd give any pitcher right now, and I don't think Snell will give enough innings to justify that salary.



Having said that, I don't like the early run on starting pitchers (Kikuchi signed with the Angels the other day), and I worry that will inflate the price for those who bide their time.

[Lefty Specialist]

Serious overpay by LA, which has all the other FA pitchers and their agents salivating.



Snell won't be worth anywhere near this, and is guaranteed to be injured at least 4 times during the contract.

[metirish]