Left-hander Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a five-year, $182 million contract, sources told ESPN.
Left-hander Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a five-year, $182 million contract, pending a physical, sources told ESPN on Tuesday night.
For the Dodgers, Snell gives the World Series champions a frontline starter for their title defense next season after they survived October by depending heavily on their bullpen with just three healthy starters. For Snell, the pact marks a much quicker and satisfying conclusion to his second stint as a free agent.
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).
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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.
Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, opted out of the final season of his two-year, $62 million deal with the San Francisco Giants on Nov.
