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 signed Tanner Scott to a contract full of deferred money, which should come as no surprise.

Reliever Tanner Scott's $72 million, four-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers includes $21 million in deferred salaries.

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 defending World Series champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, built argubaly the best starting pitching rotation in the National League when they won the sweep

The Los Angeles Dodgers are fresh off winning the 2024 World Series, and they have followed it up with another strong offseason of work that has seen them only get stronger. Even with several big name additions on board,

Coming off the eighth World Series title in franchise history, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed two of the best starting pitchers available in Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki, and the top reliever, Tanner Scott.

The Dodgers have made another smart move in MLB. Left-handed reliever Tanner Scott signed a four-year, $72 million contract, but it won't significantly impact the team's payroll in the coming years. How is that possible?