Reliever Tanner Scott's $72 million, four-year contract was finalized Thursday by the Los Angeles Dodgers, raising the World Series champions' offseason spending to $452 million on eight players.

Asked if his team was overrunning baseball, GM Brandon Gomes answered: “The goal is to win every single year.”

The elite lefty relief pitcher is part of an aggressive winter by the reigning World Series champions that has created discontent from their less-aggressive competitors.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to terms with left-handed pitcher Tanner Scott on a four-year deal for $72 million. Scott, 30, stays in the National League West division after spending the end of the 2024 season with the Padres.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have invested heavily in their bullpen, adding Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates on lucrative deals. However, the Dodgers can only afford to roster so many relief pitchers. Due to that roster crunch,