Not even two days after signing Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki last month, the Dodgers outmuscled the Cubs for the best reliever on the free agent market, giving lefty Tanner Scott a four-year deal worth $72 million.

The Cubs took a couple big swings this winter to improve the bullpen, but missed. The top targets, Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates, both signed with the Dodgers, leaving the Cubs to settle for

Alex Bregman isn't the first time the Cubs were outbid this winter. Their offers also reportedly fell short for relievers Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates, who both landed with the Dodgers. President of

Roberts also clarified that neither pitcher will be at their normal workload as they continue to get ready for the season, and that makes for the storyline that we will get to see

NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers owe $1.051 billion in deferred pay to eight players from 2028-46 following Tanner Scott’s four-year, $72 million contract and Teoscar Hernandez’s three-year, $66 million deal. Los Angeles’ high payment point is $100.95 million in both 2038 and ’39, according to details obtained by The Associated Press.

The Dodgers have gone out and done everything possible . . . to put the best possible team on the field,” baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said last week.

The latest MLB rumors include Shohei Ohtani's future with Samurai Japan, the low odds of an Astros-Nolan Arenado trade, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s Mets fit.

The Dodgers signed reliever Tanner Scott on the same weekend. Juan Soto, the best free agent on the market, signed a record-setting $765 million deal with the Mets back in December. Pitchers ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will play the first games of the 2025 Major League Baseball regular season.