Right-handed reliever Kirby Yates and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a one-year, $13 million contract, sources told ESPN, continuing the Dodgers' construction of a superteam that will enter the 2025 season as heavy World Series favorites. Yates, 37, was one of the best relievers in baseball last year, posting a 1.17 ERA in 612⁄3 innings, striking out 85 and walking 27 while saving 33 games for Texas.
He joins a Dodgers bullpen that already added closer Tanner Scott , re-signed fireman Blake Treinen and returns right-hander Michael Kopech and left-hander Alex Vesia . Add that to their starting-pitching depth -- Shohei Ohtani , free agent signing Blake Snell , right-handers Yoshinobu Yamamoto , Tyler Glasnow , Tony Gonsolin , Dustin May and Landon Knack , and the likely return of left-hander Clayton Kershaw -- and the Dodgers have the deepest pitching staff in baseball as they look to become the first repeat World Series champions in a quarter-century. Editor's Picks Position-by-position free agent rankings: Predictions for Flaherty, Bregman, Alonso and more 10h David Schoenfield Are the Dodgers ruining baseball? Inside the Roki Sasaki signing -- and a spending spree that has rocked MLB 5d Jeff Passan Are the Dodgers two playoff teams in one? We split them in half to find out 2d Bradford Doolittle A late bloomer who didn't crack a big league roster until he was 27, Yates has nevertheless fashioned an impressive big league career, saving 95 games and making a pair.
