Tommy Edman extension: Dodgers lock up NLCS MVP to five-year deal worth $74 million
The Los Angeles Dodgers have locked up one of their playoff heroes. The Dodgers and super utilityman Tommy Edman have agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $74 million, the team announced Friday. The deal includes a club option for a sixth year. ESPN Reports there’s also a $17 million signing bonus and deferred money.
Edman, 29, joined the Dodgers as part of Erick Fedde’s three-team trade with the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals at this summer’s deadline. He was expected to become a free agent after the season. This extension now locks him in with the Dodgers from 2025-29 with a club option for 2030. Rumors of an extension surfaced last week. Now it’s done.
Wrist surgery and an ankle injury delayed Edman’s 2024 debut until Aug. 19, after he was traded to the Dodgers. He hit .237/.294/.417 with six homers in 37 regular-season games with Los Angeles, then slashed .328/.354/.508 in 16 playoff games en route to the World Series title. This includes an 11 for 27 (.407) with 11 RBIs posted in the NLCS, winning Edman MVP honors.
Edman primarily played shortstop after the trade, although he is expected to return to center field next season. This is his best position, and the Dodgers will now get to work improving the corners of the outfield. They are in the mix for top-ranked free agent Juan Soto, and there is also interest in a Teoscar Hernández reunion. The Dodgers still have other moves to make this winter.
Earlier this week, Los Angeles signed left-hander Blake Snell to a five-year contract worth $182 million. He joins a star-studded rotation that is also expected to include Tyler Glasnow, Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. There is a lot of injury risk in this rotation, so don’t be surprised if the Dodgers bring in another starter at some point.
The Dodgers went 98-64 and had the best record in baseball in 2024. They beat the New York Yankees in five games in the World Series. It is the franchise’s eighth championship and seventh since moving to Los Angeles in 1958.