{"id":567761,"date":"2026-02-12T07:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/567761\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:26:12","slug":"dodgers-bring-back-evan-phillips-on-a-6-5m-deal-as-he-rehabs-from-tommy-john-surgery-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/567761\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers bring back Evan Phillips on a $6.5M deal as he rehabs from Tommy John surgery | MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 The Los Angeles Dodgers re-signed reliever Evan Phillips to a $6.5 million, one-year deal on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old right-hander was limited to seven appearances last year before having Tommy John surgery in late May. The Dodgers didn&#8217;t initially tender Phillips a contract for this season because he was still rehabbing from surgery, which made him a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips was a key reliever for the two-time defending World Series champions from 2022 through 2024, with a 2.21 ERA and 44 saves. In 2023, Phillips became the team&#8217;s closer and recorded a 2.05 ERA and 24 saves.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers fortified their bullpen this offseason with the addition of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/diaz-dodgers-contract-f48d8cadcbdce582fca4397330f20e57?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edwin D\u00edaz<\/a>, the former New York Mets closer who agreed to a $69 million, three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>To make room for Phillips on the 40-man roster, catcher Ben Rortvedt was designated for assignment.<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Success! An email has been sent to  with a link to confirm list signup.\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Error! There was an error processing your request.\n            <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 The Los Angeles Dodgers re-signed reliever Evan Phillips to a $6.5 million, one-year deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,74662,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4,256,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-567761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-dodgers-evan-phillips","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-dodgers","13":"tag-ladodgers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangelesdodgers","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-mlb-baseball","20":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116056475871885594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}