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 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 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 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

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.

Veteran reliever had a 1.17 ERA and 1.86 xERA with Texas in 2024. LA’s plan this offseason seems to be acquire nearly everyone, and sort them out later.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been baseball’s busiest team this offseason, and that doesn’t seem to be changing anytime soon. The Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in October to capture their second World Series in five seasons.

The move continues to bulk up the back end of the Dodgers bullpen following the club inking Tanner Scott, one of the biggest reliever names on the free-agent market, to a four-yea