Blake Snell Signing With Dodgers Has MLB Fans in Sheer Disbelief

Kristen Wong | 2 Hours Ago

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“It’s just not fair” was a phrase that was probably said a lot Tuesday night after Blake Snell agreed to a massive five-year, $182 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Coming off a dominant World Series win, the Dodgers inked the two-time Cy Young winner to the first nine-figure deal of the winter, as reported by Jeff Passan of ESPN. The deal includes a whopping $52 million signing bonus.

The left-hander entered this winter as one of the top free-agent arms having found his elite form in the second half of the 2024 season, posting a 1.23 ERA across his final 14 starts for the San Francisco Giants and a 3.12 ERA on the year. 

Snell, 31, will join a ridiculously talented Dodgers rotation in 2025 that includes Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani, with Clayton Kershaw also expected to re-sign with the team and suit up at some point. 

Nearly every MLB fan not cheering for the Dodgers had some variation of the same reaction to Snell joining the World Series champs: Disbelief with a healthy helping of disgust at watching the rich get richer.

“The Dodgers acquire Blake Snell”

Dodger Fans Every other fanbase pic.twitter.com/2TBrIVd7h2

— 🦇 (@KlawedUP) November 27, 2024

Blake Snell to the Dodgers …. pic.twitter.com/CCMJVpBcbG

— Devine Sports Gospel (@DevineGospel) November 27, 2024

The MLB doesn’t need a salary cap or salary floor… they need to ban deferred salaries. Ohtani making $2M a year is insane, Snell deferring money on this deal, only small market teams should be allowed to defer money, it’s the only way to balance Dodgers just buying titles

— Goldschmidt Happened (@GoldyHappens) November 27, 2024

They didn’t *need* Snell.

They got him and are just getting started.

The Dodgers are a PROBLEM

— Talkin’ Jake (@TalkinJake) November 27, 2024

What we just witnessed with Blake Snell is another reason why people have trust issues

— Trang (@traaang) November 27, 2024

There it is. Ohtani, Yamamoto, Snell, Glasnow lmaooooooo https://t.co/5O5SdBrAJw

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) November 27, 2024

Win the World Series then signs Snell this is my hell https://t.co/CfFYFTewZB

— Giannis Auntiegotapoodle (@TooMuchMortons_) November 27, 2024

Blake Snell on my hate agenda for the rest of time lmao

— trev (@BayAreaTrev) November 27, 2024

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