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.

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With the Padres taking Dylan Cease off of the trade block, another candidate has emerged to be dealt from San Diego.

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.

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Dodgers faithful know how good Phillips can be, but he had a slight down year in 2024, posting a 3.62 ERA over 54 innings. In 2022, he pitched to a minuscule 1.14 ERA in 63 innings and struck out 77 batters. In 2023, he served as the team's primary closer with 24 saves.

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