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Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia is stepping away from the team due to a “deeply personal family matter,” the organization announced Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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LOS ANGELES — The World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers exercised the contract options of third baseman Max Muncy and reliever Alex Vesia on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Muncy had a $10 million team option as part of a contract that paid $24 million for 2024-25. The 35-year-old third baseman hit .243 with 19 homers and 67 RBIs in 100 games, spending time on the injured list with a bone bruise in his left knee and a right oblique strain.<\/p>\n

The video above is from a previous report.<\/em><\/p>\n

His eighth-inning homer off Toronto rookie Trey Yesavage cut the Dodgers’ deficit to one run in Los Angeles’ 5-4, 11-inning victory in Game 7 of the World Series for its second straight title. It was Muncy’s team-record 16th postseason homer.<\/p>\n

If his option had been declined, Muncy would have been a free agent.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles could have declined the option of Vesia, paid a $50,000 buyout and left him eligible for arbitration. The 29-year-old left-hander was 4-2 with a 3.02 ERA and five saves this year, when he had a $2.25 million salary. He missed the World Series because of a personal matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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