BREAKING: Dodgers SIGNED Blake Snell, Just Ruined Baseball Forever..?

[@sladesurfer]

Whats funny , Before Snell signed with the Giants last year. He was looking for a longterm deal and no one wanted to offer him the contract. Even the 182 mill right now. Teams didn’t wanna give it to him but all of a sudden Dodgers said ok we’ll give u a long contract. Everyone is up and arms about it. There were plenty of times other Teams could have signed him but they didn’t...Also, Deffered contract is not exclusive to Dodgers. All MLB teams can do the same,. Actaully deffered contracts has been happening for more than 30 yrs. that's why there was a Bobby Bonilla contract.

[@Zlocke2187]

Bobby is still getting paid to🤣

[@justinpenn9250]

Name all the other $52 million dollar signing bonuses given to players all at once. How the heck does a signing bonus not count against the team’s luxury tax?

[@WalkoffGrandslam]

Ken Griffey Jr was the 4th highest paid Red last year of 2024. Although as of September the contract is finally fully paid out. He had a massive deferment too.

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

​@@justinpenn9250Because the mid and small market teams aren't kicking and screaming. They are fine with the system as it exists and are fine being also rans.

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

I actually feel bad for the historically important teams like the Reds, Pirates White Sox and the Gaurdians have to get by with half or less than half the team salary as the top 8.

[@Guywithnolimbs]

The dodgers have played their cards perfectly for years, thats most of the reason they spent the money they did

[@jayrathod2995]

They gonna earn profits above all they spend I never see a problem with their crazy spendings

[@dustinsirios3144]

@@jayrathod2995 Dude any clue how much money they made of Ohtani alone? i did a quick search based on your comment here Dodgers got the following rough value from just Ohtani alone. New sponsorhip deals - 30 mil per yr. Ticket demand increase exponentially with some games having cheap seats for 1000 per seat immediately after the ohtani signing Tourism from Japan to LA rose by 90% last yr Ohtani was by far the number 1 selling jersey. They estimate that Ohtani alone drove in around 700 mil across everything in revenue for the dodgers last yr.

[@dubsnac7407]

a lot of people forget too that the dodgers practically set themselves up for it too by saving money in the 21 offseason dodger fans included were mad that their biggest signing was just JD martinez but they saved essentially for their big spends now

[@BobSmith-qh1ej]

Exactly they are only leveraging the position they have put themselves in! This has been years in the making!

[@bretr7327]

The Angel’s owner really needs to sell that team, I feel so sorry for that fan base. The way they let Otani walk away was just pathetic.

[@homelessjesse9453]

At least the Angels are still in Anaheim. The A’s are the true tragedy of the MLB.

[@barbaroacosta5335]

Forealz man. Angels stadium is such a great park. Fooking fans deserve better.

[@WNB_Guy912]

The fact that the Angels finished BEHIND the Athletics is just mind boggling. They really did horrible the entire offseason

[@MrCarlosVillasenor]

I don’t feel bad for the angels at all 😎🤣

[@christhewolf4246]

​@homelessjesse9453 the athletics moved 2 times before this season the people of Philadelphia had the Phillies so they didn't care that much but the kc fans loved the A's like the Oakland fans did and yet they moved to Oakland. At least kc got their wish with the royals

[@TheOneAndOnlyMan28]

People cannot be mad about the dodgers spending so much. All the other owners aren’t broke, they just don’t choose to spend. Props to the dodgers for doing the right things.

[@gavinwatson3257]

Thats why most fans are mad, cause most teams dont have owners like them and dont think when they spend a lot of money, especially since most agents now like to squeeze as much yearly money as possible. Props to Dodgers for even making that big of a move on an elite pitcher so soon.

[@thepresidenthatesme5045]

well the dodgers are handing out contracts worth more than some owners entire networth...

[@DFusions_]

Dodgers are being smart with their money Yes they have three of the biggest contracts in the MLB Shohei, Mookie & Yoshi but also have the lowest payroll in the top 5, Mets & Yankees be throwing 250m+ at each player

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

Agree, don't like the system then change the system. Dodgers are playing on house money. Ohtani alone will make that team billions. More Japanese fans watched the World Series than American fans.

[@DeathRayonLA]

​@@DFusions_ LMAO SMART WITH THEIR MONEY!?! NUCLEAR TAKE 😂

[@kg3712]

Love seeing all of the dodger haters mad & this is just the beginning of the offseason 😂😂

[@UHOH_415]

This is a smart move for the Dodgers. They needed a lefty starter because the only one they have is a banged up Kershaw. Not to mention the injuries they have on the pitching side. If that rotation stays healthy, who’s stopping them?

[@Ochoa685]

The Angels

[@PaloVerde1414]

@@Ochoa685psh

[@TiredSweat]

@@Ochoa685who’s gonna tell him😭

[@danielfryer8768]

😅😂​@@Ochoa685

[@justinpenn9250]

If Ohtani was real good - he would pitch left handed as well! Now that would be worth $70 million! 🤣

[@jacobarnold1935]

8:54 Fuzzy cursing just made my week.

[@JonathanMerlinSymmank]

I think it’s understandable about the deferred money case in contracts. States like California and New York have HIGH state income taxes, meaning they have to sign their players with deferred money which benefits not only the players, but the teams as well. However, states like Texas, Florida, Washington, and even Nevada have NO state income taxes, meaning players can sign with teams for fully guaranteed money, no deferred money.

[@joegonzales1932]

Which actually puts those states/teams at an advantage in signing players. The only issue is that Florida teams do not spend, imagine all the championships the Rays could have won if they spent money on top of their player development.

[@lpgstudios]

No views in 14 seconds, bro fell off! Fuzzy, you are the GOAT KZbinr!

[@COMMONsenseAdvocate86]

Couldn't have said it better myself! Fans are literally brainwashed by the narrative that their teams are unable to compete nowadays. Ignoring the fact that the billionaire owners of these teams just don't want to spend the money!

[@vasquezovj65]

Fuzzy 👏👏👏👏👏This should be mandatory viewing for all those crybaby fans across the league pissed off at the Dodgers.

[@livinb450]

I love Fuzzy. Awesome takes! He is one of the few that give 100% content, without adds in the middle. Doesn’t need to self promote. Talks fast. Others, I keep speeding up the feed, skipping commercials. Then the begging to like n subscribe. Keep rocking Fuzz.

[@TheDrewTT]

Fuzzy absolutely COOKING in this episode with the based takes! I will say, the only thing that is a bit unfair about the Dodgers signing Snell is their ability to give him the huge $52 million signing bonus. Not a lot of other owners have that much free liquid capital that they can just pay to a player upfront. Guggenheim being worth $330+ billion certainly helps them quite a bit from that standpoint.

[@marioyakir5486]

It needed to be said. Much respect to Fuzzy! 🙏

[@FocalplayzTV]

The dodgers are like that 1 meme. “You can’t keep getting away from this!” 😭

[@BurgerKing-jm4qy]

Og when I saw that blake snell signed with the dodgers I felt like Jesse pinkman screaming he can’t keep getting away this

[@marioyakir5486]

Every team should be like los Doyers. 🎉

[@ARes13FOX]

Sir, Blake Snell lives in Washington. Still tax free

[@johnnycage1057]

Finally a content creator that gets it and just don’t blame the Dodgers keep up the good work Fuzzy

[@alion99999]

The Dodgers are the kid in class trying their best to get straight A’s ,while the other 29 kids are just ok with slacking off and getting C’s.

[@DragonXFactorSports]

Yea the dodgers are like the teachers pet who always rides teh teacher

[@arnold5901]

The dodgers are the kid paying the teacher to give them good grades

[@amazingbutters6994]

@@arnold5901your fault for supporting a poverty franchise lol

[@Rigoro-1]

​@@DragonXFactorSports more like the dodgers actually do the extra credit while the rest of class can't figure out why their grades are lower

[@Leanbuzzard]

@@amazingbutters6994all owners are billionaires, they all have the capacity to do it😂 crying like they the only team capable of spending

[@hempbox-ec4xq]

I think Fuzzy is enjoying having every hat 😂

[@ivansandoval3921]

Great video and excellent analysis. As a Dodgers fan it’s exciting that our ownership is going all in, we pack the stadium every night so having a quality product on the field is appreciated. Small markets owners need to step up to the plate or sell to a richer guy who is willing to spend money.

[@omarr853]

I got into a conversation with a guardians fan saying that the dodgers are ruining baseball etc. I said the guardians have a billionaire owner worth 2B and in and around 2016 the guardians had lindor, ramirez, and a pitching factory and DID NOT SIGN one impact player. Then the conversation just turned into “hollywood is easier to sell than cleveland”

[@connoromalley4004]

On one hand I agree with you here. More teams should spend more money to make baseball awesome no matter who is playing. On the other hand I don't think it's as simple as saying "Just spend more bro." Let's say that the owner of the Brewers or something is visited by 3 ghosts in the middle of the night and he suddenly gets inspired to spend more. What players are going to Milwaukee even with the spending increase? If they spend as much as LA and NY, why wouldn't players just go to LA and NY anyway?

[@martingalvez4097]

I’d like him to reply to this because why would you choose the angels or pirates when you can play for the dodgers or Yankees for the same amount of money?

[@thomasmason6631]

Trevor May on foul territory said Blake now lives in Seattle which also has good tax laws

[@Truckerdaddy]

Funny you bring up Arte Moreno not spending money. I had an article pop up earlier that Arte Moreno bought some office buildings in order to block a project near his mansion in Arizona.

[@psychedeliccoffee2737]

Great video Fuzzy. You give a perspective that I haven't heard before

[@fishcentral7297]

After one season of a bunch of pitchers with injuries, the Dodgers are signing so many pitchers

[@atomix2793]

Death, taxes, and Fuzzy ranting about small market owners.

[@HendrikBreen22]

imagine if every owner was aggressive like the dodgers... it'd be such an entertaining offseason

[@Nigthehig]

The dodgers arent ruining baseball its really robert manfred i feel

[@morimo11]

Big market teams spend money like they love their fans. Small market teams spend money like they hate their fans.

[@edomarpez1840]

Great post Fuzzy, congrats on it and on being able to see things with clarity

[@Seigerootz]

Fuzzy spitting facts the Dodgers are just doing it all correctly at the tip top

[@realMaxEffort]

Don't shade the Dodgers for acquiring some extra pitching. They lost Glasnow, Kershaw and a bunch of their future stars and had to piece together a weary bullpen to use in the playoffs.

[@ShartStainMcgee]

Bob Nutting on himself knowing he saved a couple bucks

[@GeorgeRobles-t2f]

😅

[@juniorquintana400]

Like theres so many people arguing the league should step in (???) as if theyre not going to benefit or that there should be a salary cap which players would hate just as much but hypothetically a salary floor would and pressure BILLIONAIRE OWNERS to spend to at least make overall competition so much better league wide

[@wood1040]

Thanks Fuzzy!! I do my best to watch as many vids to end with a thumbs up my baseball brother.

[@girishbatavi]

Finally, someone is speaking the truth about Owners being cheap. Oakland had revenue of 241 million and spent what on payroll? Those ranting about baseball being ruined should check with their Team owners and Front office/ Operations about why they won't spend and whether they were hired to make money by squeezing fans for their love of the sport and teams. Owners who need to sell or Fans need to force them 1. Oakland As( no longer Oakland?) 2. Pittsburgh Pirates 3. LA Angels 4. Rockies

[@martingalvez4097]

Just because they suddenly want to spend doesn’t mean free agents will want to sign with them when they can sign with the dodgers or Yankees.

[@rawkusrex]

i agree that people are acting like the dodgers are using rules that only pertain to them. every team can find players willing to defer money

[@anthonylong5870]

Holy sh**!!! Wow! The Dodgers just ruling like kings of the MLB

[@mitchellwatts9242]

nailed it fuzzy! as a mariners fan i have to look at that kind of crap year after year

[@DiviDD1]

8:49 fuzzy saying a cuss word is crazy

[@lazarbot3398]

Deferring money is unfair. Especially for big market teams.

[@Lukesterrr]

This is what I’ve been trying to tell D-backs and Rockies fans. Thanks fuzzy!

[@realunrealmike]

Spitting facts fr... sad to have so many owners just run the business. They do just enough to get fans to fill the seats & buy merch... the owners don't care enough to have winning teams. Just sad. Not the Dodgers fault.

[@JohnSmith-nj4zq]

Shohei tried to defer 100%, but there's a minimum he had to get paid. So, a player can't defer 100%.

[@ynotefil]

The Dodgers Spending $$$ To Buy A Championship Is Nothing New. The Dodgers Have Been Spending An Absurd Amount Of $$$ On Free Agents (Or Trades) Since 2013. MLB Is A Business & Like My Uncle Once Told Me "The Sport You Once Loved As You Are Becoming An Athlete Will Also Be The Same Sport You Will Hate Once You Become A Professional"

[@DoubleA1517]

To me this seems like a little bit of a repeat of the early 2000s Yankees. Taking advantage of a system and spending a lot of money on players that other people don’t want to invest in. They seem to become a little complacent until Cole, but they did what the dodgers are doing now, and only now are people saying it’s ruining baseball? I’m also saying this from the perspective of a rangers fan who finally has an owner that beat the small market mindset and made some key investments, so there’s a chance it gets better for others. Right😂

[@HeIsHim00]

Signing all these players for those contracts at certain ages is not good. I don’t blame most owners. None of these contracts end well. Look at trout, rodon, turner, Swanson. I mean keep naming.

[@befairmonk5988]

Absolutely correct. It is the cheap owner ruining your team. I was an Angels fan and I got sick of Arte.

[@kanelandes3485]

Dodgers- so you’re telling us that if we spend money wisely and invest in good players we will rake more money, have more fans, and win some rings? Furthermore the other teams just aren’t doing this for some reason. That sounds pretty rad sign us up for this revolutionary idea that existed the whole time. Every other team- THEY CAN’T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!!!!

[@victorvelazquez4175]

I’m so glad your speaking on this. That’s why I subscribe to you. Keep speaking on the truth.

[@homelessjesse9453]

As a Giants fan, the dodgers can keep the snail. Dude refused to pitch his final game with the Giants because they weren’t in playoff contention. Despite him making millions of dollars to ya know like do his job. He has zero loyalty to whatever team he is with.

[@jahnj2523]

Cry more. Yanks year is this year anyway

[@eldonmartin7023]

I couldn’t agree with you more keep up the great videos!!!

[@katarinaneuhartk4900]

Thanks for speaking the truth❤ 💯

[@EddieRUs78]

He's 100% right!!

[@ben2972]

Dude, I love your content, and I appreciate your anger. My belief is that the owners are, by and large, not baseball fans in the same way that I am - someone who loves the game, dives into stats, has players I love to watch, and so forth. The Mets owner is the only true fan I’m aware of. The rest seem more like the team is just “a business investment”…and that’s it. And, again, I totally appreciate your anger, but that seems like it won’t change. So…what do we care about? The product on the field. How do we get that? Salary cap. Oh, and as a side note, you know what I absolutely don’t care about and find completely ridiculous that anyone cares about? “I hope that player gets his bag” No…I don’t. And neither should literally anyone except for the players. There are about 1200 MLB players. There are about 350 million people in the US. That’s about 1 ballplayer for every 300,000 people. It is, to my mind, literally insane to care about that person making as many millions as possible, like they’re “getting one over” on an owner, or that somehow it is “just” that they get that much money, etc. Like, you know how people anthropomorphize animals and sometimes act like an animal is literally a human being? People seem to do that with players, like if Juan Soto gets $80M a year, somehow it feels like all of us are getting $80M a year. It’s insane. And I think the more we can curtail the amount people care about that, that will help bring us closer to a salary cap, which will bring us closer to having a product on the field across baseball that we all love.

[@rukioftheyear92]

Back to back dodgers champions

[@SORINIDAGOT]

Ppl say that we have too much money but there are so many other teams that have the same amount of money as us, but don’t use it wisely

[@Goodlucklolll]

Bro so well spoke! Screw a salary cap. Floor cap if anything

[@sparkyinsac]

Got the noti last night and my first thought was “baseball isn’t fun anymore”. I’m also a Giants fan so I’m double pissed.

[@graemekrone6436]

Finally someone gets it the Dodgers are doing everything that they can to put the best product on the field! Thanks fuzzy for putting this all into perspective!

[@juergenwest]

Good video as always.. minor discrepancy.. I reside in the PNW and was under the impression Blake Snell still calls Seattle home..

[@michaelburt8890]

I can’t wait for teams to have years of $100+ mil of payroll of just deferred contracts and how that pans out

[@johndurrer7869]

I’m glad fuzzy has finally figured it out. There needs to be a salary floor not a salary cap

[@1stbandit622]

Love to see that passion Fuzzy!

[@BOBBYpanda319]

i don’t understand why the players think a salary cap would make them get less money. obviously all these owners can afford an ohtani or soto kinda player, but if they are offering the same contract as a team who has won the world series 3 years in a row obv the player will want to go there. but if the dodgers can’t afford obtani, a smaller team can still take him for the same price bc they ain’t broke

[@BakoSooner]

Good on you for calling out with the Dolans and Blitzer out.

[@SnowKirby]

When 29 other fan bases are saying yes and the only one saying no is the team in question, then yes. A lot of people got turned off after Yankees did this in the late 90’s. Having all the good players on one team is a major turn off for all the other fan bases. Dodgers are basically pay 2 win and can barely even do that. Need a salary cap including the deferrals.

[@ThatBaseballKidEdits]

Soto at Fenway My god Imagine him in coors

[@evilgabe666]

As a life long Dodger fan and over a decade of watching other teams win....DONT BE MAD HOMIE

[@wasabichips933]

The "players defer money so they can save on future tax payments" argument doesn't make any sense. For example, Shohei is going to save an estimated 98 million dollars on taxes by deferring the money on his contract, but his contract would have been worth 240 million more if he just took the 700 million up front.

[@nathanwilliams4005]

My next question, how many more big name players will they sign.

[@dashawnballard52]

All the other teams and owners have money, whg people geting mad when a mf does it correctly 😂😂

[@miguelrico4995]

I agree, if mlb had a salary cap, the owners still won't spend any money,I think it should be a penalty for teams that they don't spend money on players.this season you had 10 teams passing the cap and paying luxury taxes. No excuses for small teams, they don't have any money to spend on free agents.

[@thomasholder1566]

Go off fuzz, speaking nothing but facts

[@mikestahlman8225]

Bobby Bonilla is the grandfather of deferred money, if memory serves me correctly. Bonilla retired decades ago and his contract pays him 1.1 million per year on July 1st. This started in 2011 and ends 2035. Bonilla retired in 2001

[@TomboKaiOfficial]

Any owner that looks at owning a team as an investment needs to go! You have to have a little Jerry Jones… not to much, just a little.

[@jamesbrausch9806]

Snell's a Dodger-killer. They were smart to sign him. It would be like the Yankees trading for Castillo, which they weren't smart enough to do when the Reds shopped him.

[@GameinHistory]

Blake Snell to the Dodgers is huge, but let’s be real-the issue isn’t them, it’s cheap owners who don’t reinvest in their teams. The Dodgers draft, develop, and spend smartly. Small-market teams could compete if their owners actually tried.

[@rayala21]

Maybe we need a salary floor/reverse salary cap/opposite of a luxury tax… like: “hey, you’re not spending anything at all this year… well, you’re not included when we divide the luxury tax among the other teams”

[@johndurrer7869]

Dodgers will still be 3 to 1 on opening day to win the World Series. The Warriors were 1 to 3. Which means if you put 100 dollars on the Dodgers you will win 300. If you put 100 on the Warriors you wouldve won 30 dollars. It’s nowhere near the same thing

[@jbs7159]

The Dodgers biggest advantage is that they’re in Los Angeles as well

[@ballinwitac2258]

Here’s where you start Every teams roster on an annual yearly scale has to equal at a minimum 220 million dollars I’ll even increase it up to 240 if I have to. It is absolutely ridiculous that the Piartes are letting Conner Joe and Bryan Da La Cruz walk for no reason when they should be buliding around that rotation Absolutely ridiculous that the Nationals are letting their beet relived go when they coyness a competitive team

[@l13last]

Now the only 2 they missing is that other young pitcher from Japan and Corbin put them as Rp🤣

[@seanguzy9601]

Im a philly fan. I truly don't care. Yankees done it for years. Baseball didnt end lol. In fact, it appeared to be GOOD for baseball fans.

[@derekconstantino7759]

🔥 every baseball fan needs to see this video

[@AntonFanify]

I don't blame the LA Dodgers for using this rule. If MLB wanted to do something, then it should change the rules on deferred money and tell the MLB clubs to pay the players the money that they have their contracts. This rule about deferred money is load of baloney.

[@jaymesonbell8040]

We don't need a salary cap we need somekind of like salary floor making owners spend a certain amount of money

[@KingTChalla69]

As a Dodgers fan I have to say thank you Fuzzy

[@edmanprodz]

The dodgers are smart. I don’t know why people are mad that the dodgers are getting every player. They should get mad at their owners because they can just make the same offers. Other Owners are just cheap so that’s why other teams don’t get players. Even though they can get them for the same price.

[@SAMMMYRUDZ]

Fuzzy, I feel so bad for you as a small market team because the Guardians have so much potential, but they don't spend any money. As a Mets fan I live the luxury of having a multi-billion-dollar owner.

[@ryanmcwilliams8784]

I never really thought about the fact that deferred money isn’t a new concept because I completely was against it but now I’m like whatever I guess. We need owners who have a salary floor. If you want to play in the league you must spend X amount of money. A cap would be needed as well idk there’s no good options Edit: PNC is gorgeous we went to see Paul skenes debut game it was awesome even with the rain delay

[@BigMonkey77]

Wow fuzzy is extra fired up today😭

[@edwardanthony7283]

One thing in Blake's favor is their good pen that drastically increases the odds of being a 20 game winner.

[@bl_ss]

It really is senseless to be mad at a good team with good ownership and management, for the fault of owners of other teams that refuse to make their teams better with their own money. It's like saying "it's the dodgers fault for pirates and angels ownerships sucking!" Owners need to be held more accountable, otherwise baseball is gonna be this way for a while.

[@DragonXFactorSports]

Dame fuzzy finally snapped after the guardians not winning a world series 🤣😂🤣😂

[@AwakenedCherokee6157]

I wish other teams would actually try to spend money, but i hate the Dodgers even more Danggg Fuzzy is MAD

[@austinm2817]

While the owners are at fault, there is more of a chance to change the rules than to change the owners. Attack owners but at the same time push for a salary cap/floor

[@JLoftus1]

Ur the best fuzzy

[@Icedstriker]

Dodgers didn’t expect to sign Juan Soto, they just want to make offers strong enough so other owners would have to squeeze their stomach to get Soto…meanwhile, no matter how much money they spend, dodgers still have the best odds to win the World Series again.

[@activeirving]

Blake snell lives in Seattle not Florida