The Los Angeles have nominated left-handed Blake Snell as the nation’s first-day starter. The pitching matchup must be classic as Snell takes the mound for the defending champion.
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The found a successful offseason with a smash hit signature from Snell, the two-time Cy Young winner. Southpaw signed a five-year, $182 million contract with the within a month of the World Series.
Baseball business president Andrew Friedman hopes the 32-year-old will thrive in Los Angeles.
“Usually a guy who’s so successful in a major league free agency, you’re buying the behind the scenes of a guy’s career, the achievements they’ve had,” Friedman said. “In the case of Blake, one of the things that really exciting for us is that he’s as successful as he did, and beyond what he’s done to this point, beyond what he’s done to our quest to win this year’s World Series, and beyond the impact we can see, we feel there are more inverses out there.”
Snell’s journey to new heights in Hollywood begins soon.
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