ESPN.com · Jan 29, 2025
Sources: Dodgers agree to $13M deal with reliever Kirby Yates
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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 61\u2154 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.