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There were a fuck ton of good pitchers on the market for 2024.
He didn’t get passed on, there were just more options lol.
Here’s some contracts from around the same time Snell got signed.
Corbin Burnes (30 years old, 7.2 WAR) -- signed 6-year deal with AZ (Dec. 30)
Blake Snell (32, 7.2) -- signed 5-year deal with LAD (Nov. 30)
Yusei Kikuchi (34, 6.0) -- signed 3-year deal with LAA (Nov. 27)
Max Fried (31, 5.2) -- signed 8-year deal with NYY (Dec. 17)
Nathan Eovaldi (35, 5.1) -- signed 3-year deal with TEX (Dec. 12)
Jack Flaherty (29, 5.0) -- signed 2-year deal with DET (Feb. 7)
Nick Martinez (34, 4.9) -- accepted qualifying offer from CIN (Nov. 18)
Kyle Gibson (37, 4.0) -- signed 1-year deal with BAL (March 21)
Justin Verlander (42, 4.0) -- signed 1-year deal with SF (Jan. 11)
Nick Pivetta (32, 3.9) -- signed 4-year deal with SD (Feb. 17)
Sean Manaea (33, 3.9) -- signed 3-year deal with NYM (Dec. 27)
Charlie Morton (41, 3.8) -- signed 1-year deal with BAL (Jan. 3)
Patrick Sandoval (28, 3.5) -- signed 2-year deal with BOS (Dec. 23)
Andrew Heaney (34, 3.5) -- signed 1-year deal with PIT (Feb. 22)
Kyle Hendricks (35, 3.0) -- signed 1-year deal with LAA (Nov. 7)
Clayton Kershaw (37, 3.0) -- signed 1-year deal with LAD (Feb. 13)
Shane Bieber (30, 2.8) -- signed 1-year deal with CLE (Dec. 11)
Max Scherzer (40, 2.8) -- signed 1-year deal with TOR (Feb. 4)
Patrick Corbin (35, 2.6) -- signed 1-year deal with TEX (March 18)
Jose Quintana (36, 2.6) -- signed 1-year deal with MIL (March 5)
Griffin Canning (29, 2.0) -- signed 1-year deal with NYM (Dec. 19)
Matthew Boyd (34, 1.7) -- signed 2-year deal with CHC (Dec. 7)
Luis Severino (31, 1.6) -- signed 2-year deal with ATH (Dec. 6)
Frankie Montas (32, 1.4) -- signed 2-year deal with NYM (Dec. 4)