The machine that is the Los Angeles Dodgers continues to roll on this offseason as they are closing in on signing reliever [B]Kirby Yates[/B], according to multiple reports.

Yates, who will turn 38 in March, is coming off an All-Star campaign in which he pitched to a 1.17 ERA and 0.827 WHIP over 61 games and 61.2 innings. He had 33 saves and 50 games finished with Texas.

The Mets were not seriously linked to the veteran right-hander, but this looks to be another piece in the mighty Dodgers bullpen arsenal that added the top lefty reliever [B]Tanner Scott[/B] earlier this week.