The Dodgers gained’t have an arbitration listening to in spite of everything this offseason.
The crew agreed to phrases with reliever Alex Vesia on Wednesday, based on an individual with data of the scenario not licensed to talk publicly, deciding on a contract with the final arbitration-eligible participant on its roster.
Vesia’s deal will reportedly assure him $2.3 million and features a membership choice for 2026. The Athletic first reported the information.
The settlement got here three weeks after Vesia filed for a $2.35-million wage and the crew filed at $2.05 million, setting the stage for what would have been the crew’s first listening to — through which a panel of impartial arbitrators would have chosen one of many wage numbers after listening to arguments from either side — since earlier than the beginning of the 2020 season.
As an alternative, Vesia is now locked in for the 2025 marketing campaign, hopeful of constructing off a standout 2024 efficiency that noticed him put up a 1.76 ERA and 0.995 WHIP because the Dodgers’ prime left-hander within the bullpen.
Vesia, a former Seventeenth-round draft pick of Cal State East Bay, was initially acquired by the Dodgers in 2021 and has a profession 2.89 ERA with the crew.