"A little over 11 months ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers made a major move in free agency, bringing in closer Tanner Scott on a four-year, $72 million deal to shore up their bullpen. One season later, the Dodgers acquired one of the best relievers on the open market in Edwin Diaz due to their bullpen woes, mainly led by Scott's performance or lack thereof."
"A year after finishing with a 1.75 ERA and 4.0 WAR, Scott stumbled into a 4.74 ERA in Los Angeles and didn't make an appearance in the postseason due to a severe lower-body abscess. Scott led Major League Baseball with 10 blown saves and contributed to the Dodgers' 10th-worst team bullpen ERA of 4.27. The Dodgers are reportedly open to signing a reliever with potential to be a closer over this offseason,"
""I still feel like last year was an outlier year for Tanner Scott," Roberts said Monday at the MLB Winter Meetings. "Not that he needs to be a dedicated closer, but I feel that he's going to be much improved next year. There were some things physically that he was dealing with, some that were talked about, some that weren't. But yeah, I think getting a high leverage reliever is never a bad thing.""
The Dodgers signed Tanner Scott to a four-year, $72 million deal to bolster the bullpen. In 2025 Scott's performance regressed to a 4.74 ERA after a 1.75 ERA season elsewhere, and he did not appear in the postseason due to a severe lower-body abscess. Scott led Major League Baseball with 10 blown saves and contributed to the Dodgers' 10th-worst team bullpen ERA of 4.27. The Dodgers later acquired Edwin Diaz amid bullpen struggles and remain open to signing a potential closer this offseason. Manager Dave Roberts called Scott’s 2025 season an outlier and expressed confidence in improvement for 2026, when Scott will be owed a large salary.
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