Snell will be receiving an immediate $52 million signing bonus as part of the deal, which doesn’t contain any opt-out clause and will have deferred money. The deal will be completed if Snell passes his physical.
The former San Fransisco Giants starting pitcher won’t have to head far to his new team as he joins the NL West division rival, marking the MLB’s first big free-agent splash.
The newly acquired Dodgers pitcher even had a jersey swap ready to go for his Instagram account.
Snell is coming off a season where he went 5-3 with a 3.12 ERA with 145 strikeouts and 65 hits in 104.0 innings pitched. His 12.5 strikeouts per nine innings was a career-high for him.
Over the course of his final 14 starts, he pitched a whopping 1.23 ERA with an opposition hitter’s slash line of .123/.211/.171.
Despite having an extremely rough first half of the 2024 season which was also tainted by an injury, Snell returned to Cy Young form post All-Star break and finished the season strong for the Giants.
Snell opted out of his two-year, $62 million deal that he signed right before the 2024 season with the Giants and it looks like it became the smart move for the southpaw.
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