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Report: Dodgers' 2025 Luxury-Tax Payroll to Exceed $375M, Tops Phillies and Yankees

The Los Angeles Dodgers are continuing to flex their financial muscles after agreeing to a deal with 2024 All-Star reliever Tanner Scott.

ESPN's Jeff Passan reported Sunday the two sides agreed to a four-year, $72 million contract, adding the deal will take the Dodgers' luxury tax payroll past $375 million.

Per FanGraphs, that's nearly $70 million more than the next closest team, the Philadelphia Phillies ($308 million). The New York Yankees are the only other team projected to eclipse $300 million.

This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.