""I've known Blake a long time. Just getting a chance to watch that maturation over a 12-year period and seeing that growth, we felt really strongly that not only could he help us in the regular season in accomplishing that first goal, but what he would bring to our staff in October," Friedman say of the Dodgers prioritizing Snell in free agency."
""Everyone wants to pitch in October. I think for some it is literally a part of their identity and what they yearn for more than anything. And I think Blake is one of those guys. So in talking to him early in the offseason, or even over the years, that part was clear. "I think just he loves those moments. And just betting on the pitcher, the head, how much he cares was something that he was the No. 1 target for us in the offseason.""
Blake Snell agreed to a five-year, $182 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, with reports surfacing two days before Thanksgiving and the deal announced on Nov. 30, 2024. Snell was part of a free-agent class that included Corbin Burnes and Max Fried; Burnes signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Fried joined the New York Yankees. The Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles reportedly pursued Snell before he chose the Dodgers. Snell reunited with Andrew Friedman, who drafted him No. 52 overall in 2011. Snell missed three months with a left-shoulder injury in his first Dodgers season but helped the team win a second consecutive World Series title.
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