By Raúl Germán Bautista.- Sources of Major League Baseball (MLB) they realize that the Los Angeles Dodgers have reached an agreement with Blake Snell, two-time winner of Premio Cy Youngfor an amount of US$182 million.
Mark Feinsandfrom MLB.com, revealed that this agreement is for five years and that all the points are already being refined.
This is the first “great flag” that one of the MLB teams, in this case the World Series champion, raises in the offseason, which is considered by experts and analysts as one of the most active.
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In addition, this projects the types of contracts and mega contracts that can be agreed between the players and the teams, which has the Dominican Juan Soto as the spearhead, who expects, at least, more than 650 million dollars.
This past season he had a record of 5 wins and 3 losses, in 20 games he started and 104 innings he pitched, with an ERA of 3.12. He struck out 145 batters and had a WHIP of 1.05.
Now, Snell joins a starting rotation that will feature Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani.
The Dodgers look to add another starter this winter, the Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki. It’s a starting rotation that is expected to be much stronger compared to last season.
The left-hander entered free agency for the first time after leading the major leagues with a 2.25 ERA and 234 strikeouts in 180 innings as a member of the Padres in 2023.
He was recognized as the best pitcher in the National League, winning his second Cy Young Award in his career and becoming the seventh pitcher to win the award in both leagues.
In 211 starts over nine major league seasons, Snell has 76 wins and 58 losses (.567 percentage); He records an ERA of 3.19, with 1,368 strikeouts in 1,096.2 innings pitched, an average of 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings, which represents an all-time record among pitchers with at least 1,000 innings pitched.
