The Los Angeles Dodgers strengthened their roster this offseason by extending utility man Tommy Edman with a five-year, $74 million contract, incorporating significant deferrals typical of the team's strategy. Edman praised the arrangement, highlighting its financial benefits, such as tax advantages and continued payments post-career. Despite criticism surrounding deferred contracts, Andrew Friedman, Dodgers' President of Baseball Operations, defended this approach as standard practice in the league. He contrasted the feedback on the Edman deal with that of the Blue Jays' Anthony Santander, suggesting that the criticism is a biased narrative rather than an objective stance.
A big part of it is just the way that the payments are spaced out. Kind of allows me to maximize certain things like, just tax benefits and things like that.
I think we're rewarding our incredibly passionate fans. I think the Shohei one is just jarring to people because it's so different.
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