{"id":6065,"date":"2024-11-30T03:49:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T03:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2024-11-30T03:49:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T03:49:52","slug":"breaking-tommy-edman-agrees-to-five-year-74-million-extension-with-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6065","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Tommy Edman Agrees to Five-Year, $74 Million Extension With Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tagStyle_jjmvck-o_O-style_gt0nzj-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\">\n<div>The NLCS MVP isn\u2019t leaving Los Angeles anytime soon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper_e296pg\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_oenkmd\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_1vgzeyt\">\n<div class=\"style_1q03211\">\n<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Tommy Edman (25) celebrates with outfielder Teoscar Hernandez.\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3413,h_1919,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/si\/01jdx173f1tfxn6rzmnb.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Tommy Edman (25) celebrates with outfielder Teoscar Hernandez.\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Tommy Edman (25) celebrates with outfielder Teoscar Hernandez.\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\">Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Tommy Edman (25) celebrates with outfielder Teoscar Hernandez. \/ Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inStoryContainer_1r009zu\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_qe1qt7\">\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lhczll4yi\">The Dodgers can\u2019t stop making deals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mi8k5fx4i\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Just days after\u00a0signing two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell to a five-year, $182 million deal, the World Series champions handed out another big contract\u2014this one to utility man Tommy Edman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hw4h6vo04\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">According to ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan, Edman\u2019s deal with the Dodgers is another five-year agreement that will pay him $74 million, and includes a sixth-year team option.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"style_1y6if9u-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_beclqc20l\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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