It turns out that Blake Snell’s contract is like the last game he played – the rays are only going to go with him so far.

In a familiar move for the owner – a high-end starter business – Tampa Bay reached an agreement with San Diego to trade Snell for four opportunities, highlighted by the perfect Luis Patino.

After arguably their most successful season – AL East won against the much-coveted Yankees and reached World Series 6 before losing to the Dodgers – the Rays have extracted the powerful surface of the cycle. Snell, who signed a one-year, 15 million deal with Charlie Morton Braves, is now set to settle with 2018 AL Cy Young winner Snell, Patrice. This leaves Tyler Glasgow out of their big three.

But this is the way of the rays. They constantly manage their paychecks and fill their company with young talents. Among other things, Race previously traded the upper parts of the cycle with the likes of Chris Archer, David Price and James Shields.

At Patino, Tampa Bay gets a pitcher of 22nd best chance at MLB.com, even after making his 11-look (a start-up) cameo 5.19 ERA in 2020. Patino and the rest of the expeditions (catchers Francisco Majia and Blake Hunt, and the perfect pitcher Cole Wilcox) add one of the deepest farm systems in the Major. This eliminates the remaining $ 39 million of Snell’s contract for three years. This gives Rays the opportunity to further address with money if they choose their main league list. This is Kevin Keermeier (available for $ 26 million in two years) and a single rake of more than $ 7 million in 2021.

Snell’s final appearance with the rays created the biggest controversy of the postseason. Lefty had a winning shutout with a sixth-place finish in World Series Game 6. But when 9th hitter Austin Barnes spoke privately, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash stuck with the policy of not letting Snell face a row. For the third time. It was the first three places in the Dodgers’ lineup – Mookie Bets, Corey Caesar and Justin Turner – were in the game with six strikeouts against Snell 0-0.

Nick Anderson stepped in, two wars later since 1988 that changed the Dodgers 1-0 deficit to a 2-1 lead.

The Dodgers stopped Patres in the NL West and Division Series. With injuries to two of its key starters in the San Diego playoffs, Mike Clevinger and Thinelson Lamet, the Claminger is set to miss the 2021 season after Tommy John needed surgery. So, Go-For-It Patres was looking for another high-end starter – just like Cliveinger in the 2020 season – and used their deep farm system to get one.

In this case, Snell was 28, and in his last start – the race dominated the Dodgers until he was given a quick hook. With three seasons remaining on the five-year contract, Snail was quickly removed by the rays again.