Will Smith signs 10 year, 140 million extension with Dodgers
- Thread starter DeadlySplitter
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He turns 29 tomorrow. That's a lot of years for a catcher who does not have the nickname "Pudge."
Locking up even an All Star caliber catcher through his age 38 or 39 season is bold. But at $14M per year, it shouldn't be a burden in the back half. He hits well enough to slide over to DH eventually. Of course, Ohtani will still be under contract too. That's a future Dodgers problem though.
Interesting. Assuming it starts this year, that's 8 years of FA and 2 years of arb. Considering JT Realmuto signed for 115/5 when he hit the market 3 years ago, this looks pretty sweet for LA, even if Smith sucks for years 9 and 10.
I would assume both sides understand this is probably more of a 6-7 year, 140M extension with dead years, Dodgers are fine with it now to lower AAV, and Smith wants to be a career Dodger.
I was just about to ask if any of it was deferred. The Dodgers are going to be paying for the '24 team long after we're all dead.
Miami?
Party is the city where the heat is on
Good deal
Yadi retired at 40 and his OPS In his 39 yo year was only .059 OPS lower than his career average