Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman is pushing back against criticism for how the team is structuring contracts to help add marquee players to an already-loaded roster.
Speaking to reporters during Blake Snell's introductory press conference, Friedman addressed the "lazy narrative" that the Dodgers are manipulating the system.
The two marquee deals the Dodgers have done so far this offseason for Snell (five years, $182 million) and Tommy Edman (five years, $74 million) both included deferred money. The total deferred money in those contracts bring their total amount of deferrals over $1 billion.