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The Los Angeles Dodgers bullpen simply bought even higher.
On Tuesday, the Dodgers finalized a one-year, $13 million contract with free agent reliever Kirby Yates, who handed a bodily after agreeing to terms final week, based on a number of reviews. MLB Community’s Mark Feinsand was the primary to report the information, which ESPN’s Jeff Passan corroborated.
Yates’ contract reportedly contains an incentive that will enhance the full worth to $14 million.
“Proper-handed reliever Kirby Yates and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in settlement on a one-year, $13 million contract, sources inform ESPN,” Passan wrote Tuesday. “Can stand up to $14M with 55 video games. Deal is completed. The Dodgers’ bullpen will get even stronger. First on Yates’ bodily being handed was Feinsand”

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Yates, 37, stays one of many high relievers in baseball.
After primarily working in a setup function with the Atlanta Braves in 2022 and 2023, Yates dominated for the Texas Rangers final season with a 1.17 ERA and 33 saves in 61 appearances.
The Dodgers’ signing of Yates got here on the heels of offers with elite reliever Tanner Scott and Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki.
Nonetheless, Los Angeles now should cope with a roster crunch, which reportedly could result in a trade involving former Boston Crimson Sox reliever Ryan Brasier.
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