It took lower than three months for Tommy Edman to endear himself to Dodgers followers.
Now he’ll be taking part in in entrance of them for the following half-decade.
The Dodgers agreed to a five-year, $74-million contract extension with Edman on Friday, the workforce introduced, locking up their key commerce deadline acquisition and Nationwide League Championship Collection MVP within the second main transfer of their offseason.
Edman, 29, is a brilliant utilityman whom the Dodgers had coveted for a while earlier than this season, enamored from afar together with his defensive versatility and switch-hitting capabilities as a Gold Glove winner on the St. Louis Cardinals.
As they approached this yr’s commerce deadline with wants at each shortstop and heart discipline, the Dodgers acquired Edman, a product of La Jolla Nation Day Faculty and Stanford College, in a deal that despatched Miguel Vargas and two prospects to the Chicago White Sox.
Although Edman didn’t make his season debut till Aug. 19 — he’d missed the primary 4 months with wrist and ankle accidents — he batted .237 with a league-average .711 OPS in 37 regular-season video games, amassing six residence runs and 20 RBIs.
Then, within the postseason, Edman emerged as a important piece of the Dodgers’ offense, batting .328 with 13 RBIs in 16 playoff video games. He received NLCS MVP honors after batting .407 with 11 RBIs within the six-game sequence in opposition to the New York Mets.
Edman’s new deal, which runs by 2029 and features a membership choice for 2030, will guarantee he not solely helps defend the workforce’s title subsequent yr (which might have been his final beneath membership management), however stays an element of their lineup for years past that.
