Sources -- Dodgers, free agent Snell reach 5-year, $182M deal - ESPN

Free-agent left-hander Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a five-year, $182 million contract, pending a physical, sources told ESPN on Tuesday night.

The deal includes no opt-outs, some deferred money and a $52 million signing bonus, sources said. It also has a limited no-trade clause.

For the Dodgers, Snell gives the World Series champions a frontline starter for their title defense next season after they survived October by depending heavily on their bullpen with just three healthy starters. For Snell, the pact marks a much quicker and satisfying conclusion to his second stint as a free agent.

The $182 million contract is the third largest for a left-handed pitcher in major league history based on total value, behind only David Price's with the Boston Red Sox in 2015 ($217 million) and Clayton Kershaw's with the Dodgers in 2014 ($215M).

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And for the Dodgers, it's another massive deal for a free agent. They've now handed out five contracts worth at least $100 million since the start of the 2023-24 offseason — the same number as the rest of MLB combined.

Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, opted out of the final season of his two-year, $62 million deal with the San Francisco Giants on Nov. 1 to become a free agent for the second straight offseason.

He joins the Giants' archrival in Southern California and a rotation that is, on paper, loaded for 2025. As it stands, the Dodgers boast Snell, Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow plus Dustin May, Tony Gonsolin, Bobby Miller and Kershaw — should he