Dodgers Finalize $11 Million Contract with James Paxton

Paxton Joins Dodgers Rotation, Can Earn Up to $13 Million with Performance Bonuses

James Paxton and the Los Angeles Dodgers have finalized their $11 million, one-year contract.
Paxton can earn up to $13 million if he is healthy during the early part of the season and starts at least 20 games.
Paxton joins a Dodgers rotation projected to include fellow newcomers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow along with Walker Buehler, returning from Tommy John surgery, and Bobby Miller or Emmet Sheehan.
Paxton is 64-38 with a 3.69 ERA in 156 starts over seven big league seasons with Seattle (2013-18, 2021), the New York Yankees (2019-20) and Boston.
Paxton didn’t pitch after Sept. 1 because of right knee inflammation.