Dodgers reportedly shunning this pitcher in free agency
“The Dodgers are showing interest in seemingly every pitcher but Blake Snell,” Jon Heyman of the New York Post. This latest rumor runs counter to Heyman’s own report from a month ago suggesting that Los Angeles was one of the teams in on the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner. While Heyman didn’t go into specifics about why Snell may no longer be on the Dodgers’ radar, obviously much has changed for L.A. within the last month — namely the Shohei Ohtani signing and (on the more immediate pitching front) the impending trade and extension involving Tyler Glasnow.
Since Los Angeles exceeded the luxury-tax last season, the Dodgers had to give up $1M in international bonus pool money and their second- and fifth-highest picks in the 2024 draft as compensation for Ohtani, who rejected the Angels’ qualifying offer. Snell also rejected a QO from the Padres. So the thought of giving up two more picks to add Snell might simply not be palatable for the Dodgers.
While Snell’s market has been a little less clear than other top pitchers on the free-agent market, such clubs as the Giants, Red Sox and Padres have all been linked to Snell at various points, and it remains to be seen what other suitors might emerge once the likes of Yoshinobu Yamamoto or Jordan Montgomery are off the board. The Dodgers continue to be involved in the hunt for Yamamoto and could pursue other trade options beyond Glasnow in order to address the lack of proven depth in their rotation.
