Tremendous-utility man Tommy Edman and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a five-year, $74 million contract extension that can maintain the Nationwide League Championship Sequence MVP with the World Sequence champions by no less than 2029.
The group introduced the deal Friday.
Edman, 29, was acquired by the Dodgers on the commerce deadline this yr and distinguished himself along with his versatility. Enjoying middle area and shortstop, the switch-hitting Edman thrived through the NLCS, driving in 11 runs, and adopted with a .988 OPS and 6 runs in 5 World Sequence video games.
The deal tears up the ultimate season of a two-year contract Edman beforehand signed and replaces it with one which runs from 2025 by the 2029 season. The contract features a sixth-year membership possibility for $13 million with a $3 million buyout and can give Edman a $17 million signing bonus, sources mentioned. About one-third of the general worth of the deal is deferred, in accordance with sources.
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Edman’s extension comes on the heels of Los Angeles’ five-year, $182 million settlement with left-hander Blake Snell. Following their championship, the Dodgers had focused a front-of-the-rotation starter and hoped to increase Edman.
Doing so took new cash that exceeded the deal the Dodgers had beforehand given to super-utility man Chris Taylor, additionally a middle fielder and shortstop. Along with the positional worth, Edman’s power-speed mixture appealed to the Dodgers, who acquired him from St. Louis in a three-way commerce by which they gave up infielders Miguel Vargas, Alexander Albertus and Jeral Perez.
Edman, who had been sidelined whereas recovering from proper wrist surgical procedure and an ankle challenge earlier than debuting for the Dodgers in August, hit .237/.294/.417 with 6 house runs, 20 RBIs and 6 stolen bases in 37 video games.
Whereas he spent most of his postseason video games hitting within the Nos. 8 and 9 holes, Edman batted cleanup twice — in Video games 4 and 6 of the NLCS, in opposition to left-handed starters — and drove in seven runs. Throughout the common season, Edman hit .412/.418/.882 in 36 plate appearances as a right-handed hitter and .181/.256/.267 in 117 left-handed plate appearances. Over his profession, Edman’s OPS as a right-handed hitter is sort of 140 factors larger than his OPS batting left-handed.
With Mookie Betts set to maneuver from the outfield to the infield in 2025, the Dodgers may choose to begin Edman recurrently in middle area. In the event that they select to place Betts at second base, Edman additionally may play shortstop.
