Dec 10, 2025
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In Tuesday's blockbuster deal, the team signed free agent Edwin Díaz to a three-year, $69 million contract.
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Orlando, Fla.- Coming into the Offsonason, the coaches have chosen to be a helper when bullpen help is found.
They come out, very surprising and show - they make signs of winter in a very wonderful way.
In a Blockbuster plan on Tuesday, the group agreed to a three-year, $69-million commitment to speak publicly, according to people who are interested, according to people with knowledge, in the interest of the community that will change the annual budget.
Díez, 31, is the Inverses Helping Hand in this year's class.In his nine career seasons, he had a 2.82 ERA and 253 saves. In that span, no other MLB player had more hits (839), with only Kenley Jansan recording more (334).With the New York Mets in the past - his second from knee surgery that makes him 2023 - Dovaz has the same age as twenty-eight and ninety-nine and 66 ⅓.
Shaikin: Dodgers signee Edwin Díaz says he's not worried about the potential salary cap
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He was so good that he opted for the last two years of the record five-year, $102 million deal he signed with the Mets in 2022.
Thanks to that history, the hard right was the highest paid in the market this year.Most projections peg him for another four-to-five-year deal, worth more than $20 million per season.
As a result, the Dodgers were long shot at signing him, believing the club preferred a short-term deal after their big reliever signing (namely Tanner Scott) struggled with a bullpen that ranked just 21st in ERA.
"We went into [the offseason] wanting to focus on the short-term [shorter management]."
Díaz working alone is at the top of that list.
And in recent weeks, the Dodgers expanded their outfield in a way that put it in play.
The team signed a three-year deal with Diviza's former team before testing out a three-year deal with the Deployed team for Devin Williams.Even though it has reached the level of a multi-year contract.
They are in talks this week with Robert Suarez, another highly regarded arm likely to sign a multi-year contract.
And on Tuesday morning, they were the surprise winners for Diaz, according to reports with the current hosts and the blue collars.
Until then, the belief (a few others around the team until the last few days) was that Díaz would eventually fall out of his comfort zone.After all, the Dodgers have repeatedly downplayed the need for another big-name addition.And they knew signing Díaz would come with the added cost of a draft pick after he rejected a qualifying offer from the Mets earlier in the offseason.
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In years past, such factors could sway the club from exploring more conservative choices, especially for a volatile position such as closer.
“If we had a very tight budget,” Friedman said, “we wouldn't distribute the funds in the same way.”
These Dodgers, however, now enjoy an almost unprecedented level of flexibility and financial freedom.
Their back-to-back titles and Shohei Ontani's put them in a "really tough spot right now, financially," Friedman said.The ownership group has also been "very supportive and relatable to our team," he added.
Therefore, when it comes to the top answer, especially when they can sign for free money, $ 24 million per year) but it is also reported that it includes free things.
"In a world where there are big hurdles, it's not going to be an area that I would separate from other places," Friedman said when asked publicly about another major addition to the pipeline.
On the other hand, the arrival of Díz, who reports the classification, should give instant reedication for Brous Ugina Broxs next year.
He will represent the Dodgers' closer since Janssen's departure in late 2021.
Most of all, he will alleviate what was the biggest weakness in the team's run to back-to-back titles last year, when it had to rely heavily on starting pitchers — even in relief appearances — to navigate the postseason.
Díaz's success on a heavy fastball that averaged 97 mph led to a .133 batting average last season alone, as well as a swing-and-miss soup that helped him rank fourth among major league relievers in 2025 in total batting average.
His aura at the end of the games was also enhanced during his motoring career, thanks to the entry of Cumpet's trumpet from the bulls in the field of Citi.
He started in Seattle, and had a 57-save season in 2018 with the Fever (good for second).After the following, he was committed to the cells, and made a big negative campaign as a fan in the queen.
Between 2020-2022, he had a 2.27 ERA and converted 70 on 83 saves.After losing 2023 due to a patellar tendon injury in his knee suffered during post-game celebrations at the World Baseball Classic that spring, he beat the regular season in return in 2024 by orchestrating a key run for the Mets (in which they lost to the Dodgers).
This year, DAAACE also reigned supreme, trailing only Oloollis Phatman in the big thing.
The Dodgers have been relatively quiet this season, downplaying the possibility of moving Teoscar Hernández, but they are still looking for help in the bullpen.
While Diaz may not have gotten the kind of five-year deal he was offered this winter — possibly thanks in part to the Mets' earlier pivot to Williams, which reportedly only led to Diaz offering himself a three-year deal — his new Dodgers deal still guarantees him an extra season and $31 million in the contract he opted out of.
Now he will join a strong contender in Los Angeles. Older brother Alexis spent most of last season there and seemed to fit in well with the Dodgers' coaching staff.
Now, he plays a key role for a team that is looking for a three-peat world series.
And now, dollars have turned what started as a place to rest in a very expensive time, reminding the game that although they do not want to risk creating another way to make money.
