The Diamondbacks and Mariners are among the many groups “regarded as vying for” Marlins nearer Tanner Scott, in keeping with Jon Heyman of the New York Publish. At the least a dozen golf equipment have reportedly proven some degree of curiosity in Scott’s companies, with the D’Backs and M’s now becoming a member of the Orioles, Dodgers, Phillies, Yankees, and Royals as publicly recognized suitors.
Scott threw one other scoreless inning in Miami’s 6-2 win over the Brewers final evening, extending his scoreless innings streak to 17 2/3 frames. For the season as a complete, Scott has an excellent 1.18 ERA over 45 2/3 innings, with a 28.7% strikeout price and equally glorious numbers virtually throughout the board — with the obtrusive exception of his 14.8% stroll price, which sits just some decimal factors away from being the very worst in baseball.
Whereas these management issues make Scott lower than an automated lock within the ninth inning, that is his second consecutive season of large outcomes because the Marlins’ nearer. Since Miami is in vendor mode and Scott is a free agent after the season, the left-hander is among the most evident gamers to be moved by the July 30 commerce deadline, and a number of other contenders are naturally reaching out to the Marlins about Scott’s companies.
Arizona, in reality, already accomplished a deal with Miami about one other southpaw reliever simply two days in the past, choosing up A.J. Puk for 2 prospects. Heyman’s report doesn’t specify the timing of the Diamondbacks’ inquiries about Scott, so it does appear doable that the D’Backs may’ve pivoted to Puk as a backup plan if the Marlins’ asking value for Scott was too excessive. On the flip facet, an argument can simply be made that Arizona’s shaky bullpen wants extra reinforcements than simply Puk, so it’s simple to think about that commerce as maybe laying some groundwork for future talks, as soon as the Marlins discover what different golf equipment are prepared to surrender for Scott.
Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen instructed reporters (together with Alex Weiner of Arizona Sports activities) that the Snakes might add extra relievers, and the group was persevering with to give attention to buying pitching earlier than turning to accumulate any place gamers. “We’re nonetheless gonna keep engaged in each market, you by no means know when a chance is gonna come up,” Hazen stated.
The Mariners are one other group who has already been very lively prematurely of July 30, as Seattle has acquired each Randy Arozarena and Yimi Garcia in respective trades with the Rays and Blue Jays. Like with the D’Backs and the Puk commerce, Seattle’s acquisition of Garcia in all probability doesn’t shut the door on the likelihood that the M’s may also purpose to land Scott, although the Mariners have a much more obtrusive want for offense than pitching. Relying on how a lot prospect depth or monetary flexibility the M’s have, Seattle might decide to focus its upcoming strikes in direction of including extra bats, fairly than carry Scott into what’s already a fairly stable bullpen.
