Is Tanner Scott a reliable closer? A deep dive into the Los Angeles Dodgers' new bullpen arm and his potential impact.

NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers owe $1.051 billion in deferred pay to eight players from 2028-46 following Tanner Scott’s four-year, $72 million contract and Teoscar Hernandez’s three-year, $66 million deal. Los Angeles’ high payment point is $100.95 million in both 2038 and ’39, according to details obtained by The Associated Press.

The Dodgers have gone out and done everything possible . . . to put the best possible team on the field,” baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said last week.

The Dodgers signed reliever Tanner Scott on the same weekend. Juan Soto, the best free agent on the market, signed a record-setting $765 million deal with the Mets back in December. Pitchers ...

Not even two days after signing Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki last month, the Dodgers outmuscled the Cubs for the best reliever on the free agent market, giving lefty Tanner Scott a four-year deal worth $72 million.

More details emerge on deferred salary for Dodgers players Teoscar Hernández and Tanner Scott. Plus a look at Scott and his friendship with former and current teammate Evan Phillips, and a profile of three 20-year-old Dodgers outfield prospects.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers owe $1.051 billion in deferred pay to eight players from 2028-46 following Tanner Scott's $72 million ... according to MLB's collective bargaining ...