Newly signed Dodgers relief pitcher Edwin Diaz poses for photos with Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, left, and general manager Brandon Gomes, right, on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

LOS ANGELES — Sound the trumpets.

The Dodgers made their signing of free-agent relief pitcher Edwin Diaz official on Friday afternoon, adding the three-time All-Star for three years and $69 million. For the first time since the franchise’s saves leader, Kenley Jansen, left following the 2021 season, the Dodgers will go into the 2026 season with a closer, a dedicated ninth-inning reliever.

Since Jansen recorded 38 saves in 2021, the Dodgers have been led in saves by Craig Kimbrel in 2022, Evan Phillips in 2023 and 2024

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