Left-hander Blake Snell and the Dodgers reportedly agreed to a deal per week in the past and the membership formally introduced it on the weekend, however the finer particulars of the pact are nonetheless trickling out. Per Jon Heyman of The New York Put up (X hyperlink), the $182MM assure breaks down as a $52MM signing bonus adopted by $26MM salaries in every of the 5 years of the deal, although with $13.2MM deferred yearly with out curiosity. There’s a $5MM task bonus is Snell is traded. Moreover, there’s a $10MM membership choice for 2030 underneath sure situations: if Snell hasn’t been assigned to a different membership and has 90 or extra days in row on the injured record on account of particular damage.
Many of those particulars got here out within the preliminary reporting, together with the assure, the signing bonus, the task bonus and that there have been vital deferrals. Nonetheless, the deferrals are barely larger than initially thought. The numbers reported final week had been $13MM in annual deferrals for a complete of $65MM, however we now know that it’s barely larger than that, with the $13.2MM annual determine really getting the overall variety of deferrals to $66MM.
However the conditional choice is probably the most vital new growth at this time, as there was no prior reporting about Snell’s contract extending into the 2030 season in any approach. Now it’s recognized that the Dodgers might probably maintain onto Snell for a sixth yr, although solely underneath sure circumstances.
Extra to come back.
