MLB News: Kirby Yates, Dodgers Reportedly Agree to Contract After Sasaki, Scott Deals

The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached a "tentative agreement" with free-agent relief pitcher Kirby Yates, pending a physical, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today .

The New York Post 's Jon Heyman confirmed the sides are "moving" toward an agreement that looks "very likely." Yates, a two-time All-Star, went 7-2 with a 1.17 ERA (0.83 WHIP) and 12.4 K/9 rate over 61 appearances for the Texas Rangers last season.

He finished eighth in the American League Cy Young voting.

The news comes amid a flurry of moves for the Dodgers.

Of note, Japanese ace Roki Sasaki announced that he agreed to terms with L.A.

last week.

The Dodgers also agreed to a four-year, $72 million contract with relief pitcher Tanner Scott, per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.

L.A.

committed over $1 billion last offseason in a year highlighted by the team's signing of superstar Shohei Ohtani to a $700 million contract.

The team also notably inked pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a $325 million deal.

The Dodgers aren't resting on their laurels after winning the World Series.

This year's crown jewel is ace Blake Snell, a two-time Cy Young winner who's in town on a five-year, $182 million deal .

L.A.

has also signed Hyeseong Kim and Michael Conforto in addition to re-signing outfielder Teoscar Hernandez and Blake Treinen.

Now Sasaki, Scott and Yates are in town.

The Scott and Yates signings fortify a bullpen that already performed well last year.

The team's 3.53 bullpen ERA ranked third in the major leagues.

Now the team's bullpen rivals the Cleveland Guardians (2.67 ERA in 2024) as the best relief staff in baseball on paper.

Overall, the Dodgers look like an all-time team right now.

Of course, a 162-game season and playoffs still need to happen before anointing them, but L.A.

is clearly the league's World Series favorite once again as the franchise looks for back-to-back Fall Classic titles for the first time in its history..

This article has been shared from the original article on bleacherreport, here is the link to the original article:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10151660-mlb-news-kirby-yates-dodgers-reportedly-agree-to-contract-after-sasaki-scott-deals