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Blake Snell was the Dodgers’ No. 1 free-agent target last offseason, and the veteran left-hander made no secret of why he reunited with president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman in Los Angeles.

“Being able to pitched in a packed stadium, to make moments for people, this is where you want to play. I don’t think there’s a situation that you could be in better than being right here,” Snell said at his introductory press conference in December. “Knowing Andrew as well as I know him, that played a big part. It all started because he believed in me.”

He got that chance and then some, in the upper half of a quartet that formed the Dodgers starting rotation that carried the team to a championship in October.

It wasn’t necessarily a smooth ride, but it rarely is for Snell, who has reac

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