The court of public opinion hasn’t been afraid to make its thoughts known on how the Los Angeles Dodgers have structured the contracts of their notable free-agent signings.
First, it was Shohei Ohtani being inked to a 10-year, $700 million deal with $680 million of it deferred. He’s being paid only $2 million a year until 2033 and then will get $68 million a year until 2043.
Now, Blake Snell’s contract has catapulted this discussion back into the spotlight. He signed a five-year, $182 million deal. Of that total, $65 million will be deferred, according to Spotrac.