Ohtani once eschewed the Dodgers for the Angels, and got stuck in a six-year playoff drought. The Dodgers’ new Japanese rookie phenom Sasaki made a different call.

And on Sunday, they agreed to a four-year, $72 million deal with All-Star closer Tanner Scott — with the contract including a $20 million signing bonus and $21 million in deferred money, according to ESPN — in free agency, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed.

The Los Angeles Dodgers added to their embarrassment of riches by signing Tanner Scott to the largest reliever contract of the offseason.

Throughout the MLB offseason, there have been rumblings about the New York Mets' apparent interest in acquiring elite left-handed reliever Tanner Scott, who pit

Roki Sasaki speaks out on choosing the Los Angeles Dodgers and teaming up with Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are adding a quality arm. Tanner Scott is signing a deal with the team, after the Cubs and Blue Jays offered him.

According to a new report, the Chicago Cubs are engaged with free agent third baseman Alex Bregman but are not necessarily in the driver's seat.

Still, Flaherty's also made it clear on Twitter that his loyalties still lie with LA. When the Sasaki signing on top of Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates' reported deals stirred up a new firestorm about deferrals, Flaherty wrote, "A certain team is not ruining baseball. A lot of other teams are just doing very little."

In the short term, there’s one way for the Phillies to keep up with the Dodgers’ colossus and halt their own two-year postseason backslide. “Superstars,” as Bryce Harper likes to say, “got to show up.

The Dodgers have been spending a lot of money on stars like Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki and other teams are frustrated by it.

Here's what our experts think could still go down between now and spring training, from free agency to off-the-field drama.