I just can’t with this stuff. After swooping in and signing Cubs target Tanner Scott to a four-year, $72 million deal, a report from Jack Harris of the LA Times said they’d had discussions with fellow late-inning reliever Kirby Yates. The assumption at the time was that the Dodgers had pivoted to Scott since there’s no way they’d push their payroll to nearly $400 million with yet another big-money bullpen arm. But that’s apparently exactly what they’ve done, as that interest in Yates remained.
Bob Nightengale of USA Today was first to report that the sides have reached a “tentative” agreement on a deal, but no figures were available as of initial publication.