5:32 p.m.: 2024 option could be worth between $1m and $7m depending on Treinen’s health and other factors, Ardaya tweet. According to Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times (Twitter connections), the option price will depend on the specific types of injuries that Treinen may or may not miss time with over the next two seasons.
This uncertain health situation factored into Treinen’s decision to accept the extension, writes Harris, because Treinen’s return in 2022 is not a lock. A source tells Harris there is a “decent‘Treinen is lucky to pitch again this season, while another source tells Ardaya that Trienen has a’very possible” chance.
4:58 p.m.: Treinen will earn $8 million in 2023, as Fabian Ardaya of Athletic reports that the extension will guarantee the club option. The deal also gives the Dodgers a conditional option on Treinen for 2024.
4:38 p.m.: Dodgers announce contract extension with right-hander Blake Treinen who will officially keep the reliever in the fold for the 2023 season. Treinen was already controlled for 2023 via a club option, which would have paid him $8 million if exercised (or $1.5 million if bought out). ). Treinen is represented by Apex Baseball.
Treinen was first signed by LA after a disappointing 2019 season with the A’s, but the right-hander bounced back with an impressive performance for the eventual World Series champions. The Dodgers then re-signed Treinen to a two-year, $17.5 million pact in January 2021, which broke down into salaries of $6 million in 2021 and 2022, the guaranteed $1.5 million. by possible buyout and a signing bonus of $4 million.
In 2021, Treinen more than lived up to his end of the contract, posting a 1.99 ERA on 72 1/3 innings out of the Los Angeles bullpen. Along with a below-average walk rate of 8.7%, Treinen was otherwise stellar across the board, both in the bottom line and Statcast numbers. This season, however, Treinen only started three games before shoulder pain sent him on the injured list.
Manager david roberts recently said Treinen was not due before the All-Star break, and the club moved Treinen to IL 60 days earlier this week. With that injured status in mind, the timing of overtime is perhaps a little odd, though it could also be interpreted as a positive sign of the Dodgers’ confidence in the right-hander’s long-term health.
Treinen is just over a month away from his 34th birthday and is in his ninth season of MLB action, with stops in Washington and Oakland before arriving in Los Angeles. The 2018 season saw Treinen finish sixth in the AL Cy Young Award voting due to a superb season as the athletics edged closer, but for much of his career Treinen worked in a setting capacity. . With Craig Kimbrel handling the ninth inning for the Dodgers, Treinen is expected to return to his usual set-up role when he returns to action.