Left-handed reliever Tanner Scott was the top free agent remaining on the market, and Boston had been poking around, but Scott agreed to a four-year, $72 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, according to MLB insider Mark Feinsand.

The Red Sox were involved in the Tanner Scott free agency pursuit but pulled out and will look to add a different reliever this offseason.

Yes, the Dodgers are the problem, but mostly because MLB isn’t doing enough to force other teams to be more like them. The Dodgers are doing what all teams should be doing: whatever it takes to win.

It has been 25 years since a team has won back-to-back titles. But in an effort to end that drought, the reigning champions have already committed $445.5 million in guaranteed dollars this winter. That’s more than the $370.5 million spent by the previous four World Series winners combined.

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While the Dodgers operate from a financial advantage, they also are schooling opponents with a relentlessness not enough rival owners share.

As the Dodgers finalize their signings of Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates, Ryan Brasier's name has appeared in trade rumors.

The Red Sox have two of the top four prospects in baseball — and three of the top 15 — according to Baseball America's new rankings.

Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report listed the Boston Red Sox as a potential landing spot for the veteran right-hander. "With Tanner Scott off the board to the Dodgers, all eyes turn to Carlos Estévez as the most noteworthy closer still available," Miller wrote.

Pssst! Have you heard? The Los Angeles Dodgers are ruining baseball. Here’s their fiendish plan: They’re committing themselves to assembling the best roster possible in order to win multiple championships for their fan base.

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