The Los Angeles Dodgers have locked up one of their postseason heroes. The Dodgers and super utility man Tommy Edman have agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $74 million, the team announced Friday. The deal includes a club option for a sixth year. ESPN reports There's also a $17 million signing bonus and some deferred money.
Edman, 29, joined the Dodgers as a three-man team Erick Fedde Trade with that Chicago White Sox And St Louis Cardinals as of this summer's deadline. He was scheduled to become a free agent after the season. This extension now ties him to the Dodgers from 2025-29 with a club option for 2030. Rumors of an extension emerged last week. Now it's a done deal.
Wrist surgery and an ankle injury delayed Edman's 2024 debut until August 19 after he was traded to the Dodgers. He hit .237/.294/.417 with six home runs in 37 regular-season games with Los Angeles and then hit .328/.354/.508 in 16 postseason games en route to the World Series title. That includes going 11 for 27 (.407) with 11 RBI in the NLCS. Earning the Edman MVP award..
Edman played primarily as a shortstop after the move, although he is expected to move back to center field next season. That's his best position, and the Dodgers will now look to upgrade the outside corners. They are in the race for the best free agents Juan Sotoand there is interest in a Teoscar Hernandez also a reunion. The Dodgers still have more moves to make this winter.
Los Angeles signed the left-hander earlier this week Blake Snell to a five-year contract worth $182 million. He joins what is expected to be a star-studded rotation Tyler Glasnow, Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May, Shohei OhtaniAnd Yoshinobu Yamamoto. There is a high risk of injury with this rotation. So don't be surprised if the Dodgers sign another starter at some point.
The Dodgers posted a 98-64 record and had the best record in baseball in 2024. They defeated the New York Yankees in five games of the World Series. It is the franchise's eighth championship and its seventh since moving to Los Angeles in 1958.
