On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed a two-year, $22 million contract to keep right-hander Blake Treinen and a $17 million, one-year pact to add outfielder Michael Conforto.
Conforto, a former first-round choice who turns 32 on March 1, finished the last season of a two-year, $36 million contract with San Francisco by hitting.237 with 20 home runs and 66 RBIs.
He was an All-Star in 2017 after playing for the New York Mets from 2015 to 21. Conforto declined the Mets’ $18.4 million offer and waited to sign until 2022 as he healed from surgery on his right shoulder.
Over nine major league seasons, Conforto has a.251 lifetime average, 167 home runs, and 520 RBIs.
He receives a signing bonus of $8.5 million, of which $6.5 million is due on January 15 and the remaining amount is due on December 1. Conforto will make $8.5 million in 2025.
Trenin is given a $2.5 million signing bonus, of which half is due on January 6 and the remaining half on December 1. His agreement includes salaries of $6 million next season and $11 million in 2026. Additionally, Treinen will donate 1% to charity.
After recovering from labrum and rotator cuff surgery on November 11, 2022, Treinen, who was named an All-Star with Oakland in 2018, was only able to play five major league innings in 2022 and missed the 2023 major league season.
He didn’t make his season debut until May 5 after suffering a bruised lung on March 9 from a line drive from Sam Huff of the Texas Rangers.
In 50 bullpen appearances, Treinen finished 7-3 with a 1.93 ERA, walking 11 and striking out 56 in 46 2/3 innings. He made nine playoff appearances for the World Series champions, going 2-0 with a 2.19 ERA.
Last season, in the option year of a deal that called for a $8 million salary in 2023, he received a base salary of $1 million.
With seven starts and 492 relief appearances over ten seasons with the Washington (2014–17), Oakland (2017–19), and Dodgers (2020–24) teams, Treinen is 43–34 with a 2.78 ERA.
