The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to lap the competition in free agency. One year removed from signing Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Teoscar Hernandez en route to a free agency bill of more than $1 billion in guaranteed salary, the Dodgers inked Blake Snell, Tanner Scott, Roki Sasaki, and Kirby Yates to new contracts — and re-signed Hernandez, for good measure.

Snell was one of the first major pieces off the board this offseason, and his decision to spurn other contenders for the Dodgers juggernaut created quite a stir. Snell has been around the block in the NL West, spending time with the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants. In accepting a five-year, $182 million contract with significant deferred money from the Dodgers, however, Snell is essentially forgoing the respectability of an underdog in an effort to stack career achievements.

There isn’t much left for Snell to accomplish individually. He’s a two-time Cy Young winner and an All-Star, with some of the sharpest stuff you’ll find when he’s operating at full strength. Health has been a concern year to year, but Snell’s best is arguably MLB’s best. The hard-throwing southpaw finished last season with a 3.12 ERA and 145 strikeouts across 104.0 innings. His ERA was 1.44 in 10 starts after July.

The Dodgers are glad to add him to baseball’s deepest rotation, and now Los Angeles plans to rub it in everyone’s face — but especially Snell’s former team.