Keith was live on the air as news broke that the Dodgers were signing Blake Snell to a five-year deal, as the defending champs added a two-time Cy Young winner to a rotation that was missing multiple key pieces already last season and still won a title.
For Keith, it was a sickening reminder that the Dodgers seem to have no limits on their spending, and seem to land any player they want.
“The Dodgers never waste an opportunity, from the trade deadline to the offseason, to get better,” Keith said. “If they have a need, they address it. they’re not willing to let a trade deadline or offseason go by without adding proven star power to their team. They will get Shohei Ohtani back as a pitcher. They will get Tyler Glasnow back as a pitcher...I am sick already with this baseball offseason.
“The Dodgers are just allowed to be this juggernaut of a superteam. The rich get richer...whatever, I can’t hate on it. Max Scherzer, Manny Machado, they just add...they add Ohtani and [Yoshinobu] Yamamoto, and now they add Blake Snell.”
After Keith’s Yankees were bounced in five games by the Dodgers in the Fall Classic, it was hardly inspiring to see the first big free agent signing - one that had reported interest from the Yankees - go to Los Angeles, just one offseason after both Ohtani and Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers.
“I want to get to the World Series again, and I want to win a World Series,” Keith said. “There’s the first big signing of the offseason that makes you think, ‘How do the Dodgers not continue to add and continue their dominance? If the Yankees are gonna meet them there again, now they gotta get through Ohtani pitching, Blake Snell pitching...we’ll see.”