Asked if his team was overrunning baseball, GM Brandon Gomes answered: “The goal is to win every single year.”
Of The Athletic’s Big Board of top 40 free agents, the Dodgers have come away with six. That includes two of the top three available starting pitchers in Sasaki and two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell, the third-best outfielder in Teoscar Hernández and now the winter’s top reliever in Scott.
Ohtani once eschewed the Dodgers for the Angels, and got stuck in a six-year playoff drought. The Dodgers’ new Japanese rookie phenom Sasaki made a different call.
And on Sunday, they agreed to a four-year, $72 million deal with All-Star closer Tanner Scott — with the contract including a $20 million signing bonus and $21 million in deferred money, according to ESPN — in free agency, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed.
After winning their second title in five years, the Dodgers kept utilityman Tommy Edman with a $74 million, five-year contract, outfielder Teoscar Hernández with a $66 million three-year deal and right-hander Blake Treinen for $22 million over two years.
The elite lefty relief pitcher is part of an aggressive winter by the reigning World Series champions that has created discontent from their less-aggressive competitors.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are fresh off winning the 2024 World Series, and they have followed it up with another strong offseason of work that has seen them only get stronger. Even with several big name additions on board,
Talks between free agent first baseman Pete Alonso and the Blue Jays are "advancing," reports SNY. A deal is not done and there is no guarantee it gets done, but talking is something. Toronto landed Anthony Santander earlier this week and can put him in the outfield full-time,
In his October 2024 introductory press conference as the new president of baseball operations of the San Francisco Giants, Buster Posey declared, “We’re in the memory-making business.” No matter any outsized belief in RBI,
Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes provided an important Michael Kopech injury update ahead of 2025 spring training.
Even after signing Roki Sasaki and Blake Snell, the Dodgers have interest in re-signing Clayton Kershaw, GM Brandon Gomes said Wednesday (via the Orange County Register). Kershaw