Reliever Tanner Scott's $72 million, four-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers includes $21 million in deferred salaries.
Asked if his team was overrunning baseball, GM Brandon Gomes answered: “The goal is to win every single year.”
The Los Angeles Dodgers added to their embarrassment of riches by signing Tanner Scott to the largest reliever contract of the offseason.
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.
Blake Snell of the Los Angeles Dodgers shares a close bond with Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine, as seen during a Clippers vs. Bulls game. Additionally, Snell welcomes Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki to the Dodgers,
The Cubs tried to land Tanner Scott with a $66M offer, but the Dodgers swooped in with $72M, locking him in as their new closer.
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.
The Los Angeles Dodgers' luxury tax bill on their payroll will skyrocket after signing reliever Tanner Scott to a $72 million deal.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reliever Tanner Scott's $72 million, four-year contract was finalized Thursday by the Los Angeles Dodgers, raising the World Series champions' offseason spending to $452 million on eight players.
Tanner Scott won't be coming to Boston after signing a four-year, $72 million deal with the Dodgers. So where can the Red Sox turn for relief help before spring training?
Throughout the MLB offseason, there have been rumblings about the New York Mets' apparent interest in acquiring elite left-handed reliever Tanner Scott, who pit
High-leverage lefty reliever Tanner Scott has agreed to terms with the Dodgers on a four-year, $72 million free-agent contract, CBS Sports HQ's Jim Bowden has confirmed. The team has not yet announced the signing.