The Diamondbacks and Mariners are among the many groups “considered vying for” Marlins nearer Tanner Scott, based on Jon Heyman of the New York Submit. At the very least a dozen golf equipment have reportedly proven some stage 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 on Friday, extending his scoreless innings streak to 17 2/3 frames. For the season as an entire, Scott has an excellent 1.18 ERA over 45 2/3 innings, with a 28.7% strikeout fee and equally glorious numbers nearly throughout the board — with the obvious exception of his 14.8% stroll fee, which sits only a few 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 super 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 several 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 worth for Scott was too excessive. On the flip aspect, 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 informed 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 possibility is gonna come up,” Hazen mentioned.
The Mariners are one other group who has already been very energetic 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 most likely doesn’t shut the door on the chance that the M’s may additionally intention to land Scott, although the Mariners have a much more obvious 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, relatively than convey Scott into what’s already a reasonably stable bullpen.
