Blake Snell signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers was the latest gut-punch for the San Francisco Giants.
This was just the latest example of the Giants falling short in free agency. It happened after the 2022 season when they failed to pry Aaron Judge away from the. It happened again last winter when they lost out to the Dodgers in the Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes.
Both of those teams just made the World Series -- a reward for their aggressiveness and deep pockets. San Francisco, meanwhile, finished 2024 with a losing record and missed the playoffs for the seventh time in eight years. The San Francisco Giants ownership group is wealthier than the Dodgers and Yankees. The Giants have decided to cut payroll and stop paying any luxury tax when they're team has been at .500 for 3 years. LAD and NYY made the World Series and plan to spend more.The Giants have failed to meaningfully improve their roster the last several winters, which is why they've fallen so far behind Los Angeles.
Over the last five years, the Dodgers have added stars like Ohtani, Yamamoto, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Tyler Glasnow and others. Meanwhile, San Francisco has settled for mid-tier additions like Michael Conforto, Robbie Ray and Jorge Soler. It's telling that the two largest MLB contracts in San Francisco's history were contract extensions for Buster Posey and Matt Chapman. Neither one came close to $200 million.Tyler grew up in Massachusetts and is a huge Boston sports fan, especially the Red Sox. He went to Tufts University and played club baseball for the Jumbos. Since graduating, he has worked for MLB.com, The Game Day, FanDuel and Forbes.
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