Contracts for Blake Snell and Tommy Edman increased the Los Angeles Dodgers' obligations for deferred payments to more than $1 billion owed to seven players from 2028-46. Snell's $182 million contract,

Tommy Edman, who was the most valuable player of the NLCS, agrees to a five-year, $74-million extension to stay with the Dodgers.

The versatile NLCS MVP is now signed through the 2029 season with a club option for 2030. With Mookie Betts expected to move to second base, Edman could slot in at either shortstop or center field