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LOS ANGELES — Right-hander Kirby Yates can earn $100,000 in performance bonuses as part of his $13 million, one-year contract with the Dodgers. Yates gets a $3 million signing bonus as part of the deal announced Jan. 30 and a $10 million salary this year. He would get $50,000 each for 50 and 55 relief appearances. The 37-year-old Yates went 7-2 with a career-low 1.17 ERA and 33 saves for Texas last year. He agreed to a $4.5 million, one-year deal with the Rangers in December 2023.
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FILE - Texas Rangers closing pitcher Kirby Yates throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game agains the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on July 5, 2024. - AP Photo/LM Otero, File