The Dodgers are building a super bullpen to round out their super team.

Los Angeles has agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract with right-handed reliever Kirby Yates, the club announced on Thursday. The Dodgers designated right-handed pitcher Ryan Brasier for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster.

The move comes after the team signed Tanner Scott, the top lefty reliever available.

The additions of Yates and Scott appear to be the cherry on top of this frenzied Dodgers offseason. Los Angeles landed ace right-hander Roki Sasaki from Japan, the latest in a series of major moves to add to the lineup and rotation. If there was one (relative) flaw on the roster, it was the bullpen.

That¡¯s no longer the case. The Dodgers have added two All-Star-caliber closers in the span of days.

Yates was elite in Texas last season, posting a 1.17 ERA across 61 appearances while earning his second trip to the All-Star Game and All-MLB honors for a second time.

Heading into his age-38 season, Yates is confident that he's capable of carrying that momentum forward.

"I still felt, [last] year, that I could really pitch at a high, high level still, and I proved that to myself," Yates told reporters in an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium on Friday. "I still think I've got a few more good years."

Yates¡¯ 10-year big league career has been a fascinating one. He was a journeyman reliever until he was claimed off waivers by the Padres just after turning 30. It was in San Diego that he reinvented himself, honing a wipeout splitter and becoming one of the game¡¯s premier strikeout artists.

Yates excelled in four seasons with the Padres, but he underwent Tommy John surgery in 2021 and missed that season and most of the following one. He signed with Atlanta, enjoying a renaissance in his mid-30s, turning in a solid season on the ¡¯23 Braves, then a dominant one last year with the Rangers.

"You're also getting the definition of a grinder and a great teammate with Kirby," general manager Brandon Gomes said. "He's overcome long odds from being a non-drafted free agent [out of college]. He's persevered through injury and emerged on the other side of that as one of the game's best relievers."

In Texas, Yates notched a 35.9% strikeout rate and a .145 batting average against. He used his trademark fastball/splitter combo -- with a bit more emphasis on the fastball, which he threw at a 61% clip last year. Despite its middling velocity (an average of 93.4 mph), it graded out as one of the best pitches in baseball.

Now, he lands in Los Angeles, where he has family ties despite growing up across the ocean in Hawaii. Both of Yates' parents, he said, grew up as Dodgers fans in Southern California.

"This hadn't really sunk in until a few days ago, to kind of understand the meaning of this behind my family," Yates said. "I mean, my phone has not stopped since it was announced, and there's a lot of people that are close to me that are very, very excited, including myself."

Yates also has a long-standing relationship with Gomes, going back to when they were teammates in the Rays' organization in the early 2010s.

Yates¡¯ arrival solidifies the Dodgers¡¯ bullpen as a clear strength -- however volatile bullpens might be. It¡¯s a group that boasts several options at closer. The late-inning options include Scott, Blake Treinen, Michael Kopech, Evan Phillips and Alex Vesia.

"On paper, it's probably as good as it can get, really," Yates said. "You can say that for the entire roster. ¡­ I think the more guys you can have down there that you can lean on in certain situations, the better it is for everybody. That kind of helps ease the load off certain guys."

It¡¯s been a quarter century since any team has repeated as World Series champions. The Dodgers continue to maneuver with a clear goal of ending that drought.