Kirby Yates will apparently have a new baseball home in 2025. The All-Star closer last season for the Texas Rangers is in “serious negotiations” with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to reports from The Athletic and other outlets on Tuesday.
Kirby Yates posted a 1.17 ERA with 33 saves last season for the Rangers in earning his second All-Star nod. Deal is contingent on passing a physical.
Kirby Yates is joining the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen just two days after the club went out and signed another All-Star closer in Tanner Scott.
The Dodgers are reportedly close to reaching agreement on a contract with Yates, who led the majors with 41 saves in 2019 and made the All-Star team with the Rangers last year.
The Los Angeles Dodgers' offseason spending spree might not be over, but their future salary commitments have risen to nearly half a billion dollars.
The Dodgers and reliever Kirby Yates reached a "tentative" agreement, pending completion of a physical. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached a tentative deal with free-agent right-handed reliever Kirby Yates, USA Today reported on Tuesday.
The Dodgers had already added a plethora of pieces to their championship squad and established themselves as super-team villains — in part by convincing players to agree to deferred money in their contracts, a trend popularized last year by Shohei Ohtani, whose $700 million contract includes $680 million in deferrals.
The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to add to their offseason riches and have swiped yet another key free-agent reliever from the bullpen-needy New York Mets.  On
With the additions of Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates, the Los Angeles Dodgers have constructed by far the best bullpen in MLB.
The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a contract extension with Relief Pitcher Kirby Yates on Tuesday morning. The exact terms of the deal are yet to be announced.