{"id":21168,"date":"2025-01-22T00:36:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21168"},"modified":"2025-01-22T00:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:36:37","slug":"breaking-dodgers-nearing-another-major-signing-with-2-time-all-star-as-evil-empire-status-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21168","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dodgers Nearing Another Major Signing With 2-Time All-Star as \u2018Evil Empire\u2019 Status Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kirby-Yates.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kirby-Yates.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kirby-Yates.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kirby-Yates.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1757\" data-img-load-time=\"2726\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">ARLINGTON, TEXAS &#8211; SEPTEMBER 22: Kirby Yates #39 of the Texas Rangers pitches in the ninth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Field on September 22, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez\/Getty Images)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If it wasn\u2019t already obvious, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>\u00a0have cemented their status as MLB\u2019s new \u201cEvil Empire\u201d with a mid-January free agency spending spree.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/roki-sasaki-announcement-los-angeles-dodgers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0agreeing to a deal with Japanese ace Roki Sasaki and signing All-Star closer Tanner Scott to a four-year, $72 million contract, the Dodgers are close to making yet another monster addition to their pitching staff on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>USA Today\u2019s Bob Nightengale\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BNightengale\/status\/1881730967498600509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">first reported<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday morning that Los Angeles had reached a tentative agreement with two-time All-Star closer Kirby Yates, pending a physical. Nightengale added that Yates\u2019 deal comes as the defending World Series champions are \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BNightengale\/status\/1881800961502675228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">expected to possibly<\/a>\u201d be without flamethrowing righthanded reliever Michael Kopech for the first month of the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 37-year-old Yates is coming off arguably his season in 2024. The former 26th-round draft pick not only finished his lone year with the Texas Rangers with a career-best 7-2 record for the second straight campaign, but posted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/yateski01.shtml#players_standard_pitching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">career bests<\/a>\u00a0in Wins Above Replacement (WAR) at 3.3, ERA (1.17) and WHIP (0.82), while finishing third in the junior circuit in both saves (33) and games finished (50) as well.<\/p>\n<p>Yates also made his second All-Star team (first since 2019) and came in ninth place in the NL Cy Young Award voting.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming Yates is officially added to the Dodgers bullpen, the team will trot out an elite group of relievers in 2025.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Projected bullpen<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Blake Treinen<br \/>\n\u2013 Evan Phillips<br \/>\n\u2013 Ryan Brasier<br \/>\n\u2013 Kirby Yates<br \/>\n\u2013 Brusdar Graterol (Expected to miss first half with shoulder injury)<br \/>\n\u2013 Michael Kopech (will reportedly possibly miss one month)<br \/>\n\u2013 Anthony Banda (LHP)<br \/>\n\u2013 Alex Vesia (LHP)<br \/>\n\u2013 Tanner Scott (LHP)<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Projected Starting Rotation Headed by Trio of Japanese Aces<\/h2>\n<p>With Sasaki joining fellow countrymen Shohei Ohtani (who is expected to return to the mound in 2025) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto near the top of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1880394058234994750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Los Angeles starting rotation<\/a>, the unit arguably even exceeds the squad\u2019s talent in the bullpen, on paper. Ohtani may not be available to pitch at the start of the spring as he recovers from his September 2023 elbow surgery but would join a star-studded group of arms when he makes his NL pitching debut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Projected starting rotation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2013 Shohei Ohtani<br \/>\n\u2013 Yoshinobu Yamamoto<br \/>\n\u2013 Roki Sasaki<br \/>\n\u2013 Blake Snell (LHP)<br \/>\n\u2013 Tyler Glasnow<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani, Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow all joined the Dodgers last offseason, while two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell signed with the club at the end of November. Though Ohtani was limited to designated hitter duties during his debut campaign in Los Angeles, Yamamoto went 7-2 with a 3.00 ERA and 1.11 WHIP across 90 innings covering 18 starts last year and Glasnow was 9-6 with a 3.49 ERA and 0.94 WHIP over 22 starts (134 innings). Glasnow also made his first career All-Star team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_5\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Projected Starting Lineup Still Features 3 MVPs<\/h2>\n<p>Los Angeles\u2019 projected starting lineup will look just as dangerous heading into 2025, if not even more so.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers bring back their trio of Most Valuable Player Award winners in Ohtani (three MVPs), infielder\/outfielder Mookie Betts (2018 AL MVP) and first baseman Freddie Freeman (2020 NL MVP) to lead a potent offense, as well as three two-time All-Stars in catcher Will Smith, third baseman Max Muncy and outfielder Teoscar Hernandez. Los Angeles also signed one-time All-Star outfielder Michael Conforto in December, inked infielder\/outfielder and 2024 NLCS MVP Tommy Edman to a contract extension, return one-time All-Star utilityman Chris Taylor and signed former Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) star utilityman Hyeseong Kim\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/dodgers-ink-top-kbo-talent-potentially-signaling-end-to-former-all-stars-tenure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_6_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-6 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_6\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Projected starting lineup<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 DH Shohei Ohtani<br \/>\n\u2013 SS Mookie Betts<br \/>\n\u2013 1B Freddie Freeman<br \/>\n\u2013 RF Teoscar Hernandez<br \/>\n\u2013 C Will Smith<br \/>\n\u2013 3B Max Muncy<br \/>\n\u2013 LF Michael Conforto<br \/>\n\u2013 CF Tommy Edman<br \/>\n\u2013 2B Hyeseong Kim<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_7_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-7 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_7\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Alden Gonzalez\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/43479164\/dodgers-land-closer-tanner-scott-4-year-72m-sources-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>\u00a0following the Scott signing that the Dodgers luxury tax payroll was estimated to be \u201csomewhere in the neighborhood of $375 million, about $70 million more than that of the second-place Philadelphia Phillies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New York Yankees are the only other team with a competitive balance tax payroll projected to be over $300 million,\u201d Gonzalez added.<\/p>\n<p>While the defending AL-champion Bronx Bombers were busy this winter adding ace starter Max Fried, superstar closer Devin Williams, 2022 NL MVP first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and 2019 NL MVP first baseman\/outfielder Cody Bellinger, the Dodgers are still clearly the team to beat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_8_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-8 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_8\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Los Angeles has no weaknesses on its roster and is MLB\u2019s official \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6076507\/2025\/01\/21\/los-angeles-dodgers-system-advantage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Evil Empire<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty ARLINGTON, TEXAS &#8211; 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