Possible Defection: Dodgers $2.4 Million Star May Trade LA for…
The Los Angeles Dodgers will have many key players hitting free agency after their World Series title. As the Dodgers loom to sign a star shortstop or another elite starting pitcher, they could lose some key free agents from their 2024 team.
While listing under-the-radar free agents the New York Yankees should target, FanSided’s Zach Pressnell urged the team to sign Dodgers star Blake Treinen.
“What better place to steal a player than from the team that just beat the Yankees in the World Series? Los Angeles Dodgers closer Blake Treinen is an unrestricted free agent after posting one of the more impressive years of his career in 2024,” wrote Pressnell. “Treinen wasn’t the closer for a majority of the season, but when the games mattered the most in the postseason, he got the ball in the ninth inning.”
Treinen just finished playing in his 10th big league season. In the postseason he threw 12 1/3 innings, picking up three saves and finishing four games for the Dodgers. The Yankees could be losing closer Clay Holmes and Treinen could be the replacement.
Spotrac projects Treinen to sign a $2.4 million deal in free agency. His age could make him a cheap short-term signing to serve as the team’s closer.
“Treinen is 36 years old and he’ll be 37 years old by the time the 2025 postseason comes around, but age hasn’t caught up to him yet,” wrote Pressnell. “The Yankees could leverage his age to sign him to a one- or two-year contract that locks him as the team’s closer for 2025 and potentially 2026.”
