Dodgers announce 5-year contract with LHP Blake Snell
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers have finalized a $182 million, five-year contract.
The reigning World Series champions announced the deal with the two-time Cy Young Award winner on Saturday.
Snell, who turns 32 on Wednesday, went 5-3 with a 3.12 ERA in 20 starts for San Francisco this year, throwing a no-hitter at Cincinnati on Aug. 2 for one of only 16 individual shutouts in the major leagues this season. The left-hander struck out 145 and walked 44 in 104 innings.
He was sidelined between April 19 and May 22 by a strained left adductor and between June 2 and July 9 by a strained left groin.
Snell gets a $52 million signing bonus, payable on Jan. 20, and annual salaries of $26 million, of which $13 million each year will be deferred. Because Snell is a Washington state resident, the signing bonus will not be subject to California income tax.
Snell joins Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto atop Los Angeles´ rotation. Ohtani didn´t pitch this year while recovering from right elbow surgery but the two-way star is expected back on the mound in 2025.
Snell won Cy Young Awards in 2018 with Tampa Bay and 2023 with San Diego. He is 76-58 with a 3.19 ERA in nine seasons with the Rays (2016-20), Padres (2021-23) and Giants.
Because he turned down a qualifying offer from San Diego last November, the Giants were not eligible to give Snell another one and won´t receive draft-pick compensation.
