DALLAS – The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a one-year, $17 million contract to add outfielder Michael Conforto and a two-year, $22 million contract to retain right-hander Blake Treinen, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreements were subject to successful physical checks.
Conforto, a former first-round draft pick who turns 32 on March 1, hit .237 with 20 home runs and 66 RBIs for San Francisco this year in the final season of a two-year, $36 million contract.
He played for the New York Mets from 2015 to 2021 and became an All-Star in 2017. Conforto turned down an $18.4 million offer from the Mets and subsequently did not sign until 2022 as he recovered from right shoulder surgery.
Conforto has a career average of .251 with 167 home runs and 520 RBIs in nine Major League seasons.
The 36-year-old Treinen missed the 2023 big league season while recovering from labrum and rotator cuff surgery on November 11, 2022. He suffered a lung injury on March 9 when he was hit by a Sam Huff line drive and struck his lung is not. season debut until May 5.
Treinen went 7-3 with a 1.93 ERA in 50 relief appearances, striking out 56 and walking 11 in 46 2/3 innings. He was 2-0 with a 2.19 ERA in nine postseason appearances for the World Series champions.
He had a base salary of $1 million last season in the option year of a contract that called for an $8 million salary in 2023.
