The Dodgers continued to add pieces to their already stacked roster on Tuesday, signing righty reliever Kirby Yates to a one-year contract.
The deal will be worth $13 million with the possibility of it reaching as high as $14 million with 55 appearances, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
News of the deal comes after The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed last week that the Dodgers had been closing in on a deal with the reliever.
The two-time All-Star is coming off a year in which he posted a 1.17 ERA with 85 strikeouts and 33 saves across 61 ⅔ innings for the Rangers.
The latest Dodgers signing is unlikely to quiet down any of the chatter from baseball fans who have been complaining about the freewheeling way Los Angeles general manager Brandon Gomes has been operating this offseason.
The Dodgers’ offseason spending spree has included signing Blake Snell to a five-year, $182 million contract and inking Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki to a minor league deal.
Tanner Scott also signed to a four-year, $72 million deal earlier this month.
But Gomes has pushed back against the notion that what his club is doing is bad for the game.
During an appearance this week on “The Show: A NY Post baseball podcast with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman,” Gomes made his case about why it wasn’t as dastardly as it seemed.
“We are focused on and tasked with making sure our team is as good as possible,” Gomes said. “If that is creating ire elsewhere, that’s fine, because I think that means our fans are very happy, which is what the goal is. I think the nature of our sport, the nature of the playoff format, you can be technically the best team and it doesn’t guarantee you anything.
“All we’re doing is making sure that we have as talented a team as possible.”
