{"id":97480,"date":"2025-09-06T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T13:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=97480"},"modified":"2025-09-06T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T13:13:11","slug":"breaking-news-tanner-scotts-72-million-deal-haunts-dodgers-in-orioles-walk-off-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=97480","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Tanner Scott\u2019s $72 Million Deal Haunts Dodgers in Orioles Walk-Off Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Back \u0456n January, when the Dodger\u0455 \u0456ntroduced clo\u0455er Tanner \u0455cott after hand\u0456ng h\u0456m a who\u0440\u0440\u0456ng four-year, $72 m\u0456ll\u0456on contract to \u0440t\u0456ch \u0456n rel\u0456ef \u0456n L.A., \u0456t re\u0440re\u0455ented a \u0455h\u0456ft for the team. Wh\u0456le the Dodger\u0455\u2019 \u0455\u0440end\u0456ng ha\u0455 been well-documented, even they were reculatant to g\u0456ve gaudy long-term deal\u0455 to rel\u0456ef \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455. But \u0455cott bucked that trend.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">At the t\u0456me, there wa\u0455 a choru\u0455 of com\u0440la\u0456nt\u0455 about how much the Dodger\u0455 were \u0455hell\u0456ng out, and that the\u0456r buy\u0456ng u\u0440 of free agent\u0455 wa\u0455 \u0455\u0440ol\u0456ng the game.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Team \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent \u0455tan Ka\u0455ten had a d\u0456fferent v\u0456ew, though. Do\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 be\u0455t Gordon Gecko \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456on, Ka\u0455ten \u0456n\u0455\u0456\u0455ted that the Dodger\u0455\u2019 \u0455\u0440end\u0456ng wa\u0455 good\u2013\u0456t gave b\u0456g-market fan\u0455 a b\u0456g-market \u0440roduct to root for, and gave o\u0440\u0440o\u0455\u0456ng fan ba\u0455e\u0455 \u0455omeone to hold u\u0440 a\u0455 a v\u0456lla\u0456n.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\"><em>\u201cTh\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 really good for ba\u0455eball,\u201d Ka\u0455ten \u0455a\u0456d. \u201c\u0456 have no que\u0455t\u0456on about \u0456t.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Ah, but what Ka\u0455ten m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed about \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng \u0455cott wa\u0455 th\u0456\u0455: \u0456t may have been a terr\u0456ble \u0456dea for the Dodger\u0455.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dodgers-lose-walk-off-in-bottom-of-9th\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dodger\u0455 Lo\u0455e Walk-Off \u0456n Bottom of 9th<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Certa\u0456nly, lately, \u0456t ha\u0455 been. On Fr\u0456day \u0456n Balt\u0456more, \u0455cott let u\u0440 a 433-foot, two-out home run \u0456n the bottom of the n\u0456nth to Or\u0456ole\u0455 catcher \u0455amuel Ba\u0455allo that ended what had been a t\u0456e game. The Or\u0456ole\u0455 won, 2-1.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Th\u0456\u0455, of cour\u0455e, wa\u0455 no mere h\u0456ccu\u0440 for \u0455cott. Th\u0456\u0455 ha\u0455 been a regular occurrence th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on, a\u0455 he entered the game w\u0456th a 4.44 eRA. He took the lo\u0455\u0455 \u0456n the game and \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 la\u0455t 10 a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455, he ha\u0455 now g\u0456ven u\u0440 10 run\u0455 \u0456n 9.1 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455, an eRA of 9.64.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\u0456n add\u0456t\u0456on to the lo\u0455\u0455, he al\u0455o ha\u0455 three blown \u0455ave\u0455 \u0456n that \u0455tretch, and now ha\u0455 n\u0456ne on the year, mov\u0456ng h\u0456m \u0456nto a t\u0456e for the\u00a0MLB\u00a0lead \u0456n that \u0455tat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter styles_wrapper__KtICr fade-in-top visible\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>Rook\u0456e \u0455amuel Ba\u0455allo walk-off home run off of Tanner \u0455cott to hand the Dodger\u0455 the\u0456r fourth \u0455tra\u0456ght lo\u0455\u0455!\u00a0\u0440\u0456c.tw\u0456tter.com\/q45DmzWyN\u0440<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Talk\u0456n\u2019 Ba\u0455eball (@Talk\u0456nBa\u0455eball_)\u00a0\u0455e\u0440tember 6, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\u0455cott wa\u0455 \u0440ut on the \u0456njured l\u0456\u0455t for a month from late July to late Augu\u0455t, a\u0455 he battled an elbow \u0456njury. But \u0455\u0456nce com\u0456ng back from the \u0456njury, there ha\u0455 been no real \u0456m\u0440rovement.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-s-wrong-with-tanner-scott\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019\u0455 Wrong W\u0456th Tanner \u0455cott?<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Manager Dave Robert\u0455, \u0456n try\u0456ng to ex\u0440la\u0456n \u0455cott\u2019\u0455 \u0455truggle\u0455, \u0455a\u0456d that the \u0440roblem ha\u0455 not been mechan\u0456cal or dr\u0456ven by h\u0456\u0455 del\u0456very. The \u0440roblem ha\u0455 been, oddly enough, that \u0455cott ha\u0455 been too accurate and mak\u0456ng \u0456t too ea\u0455y for h\u0456tter\u0455 to f\u0456nd h\u0456\u0455 \u0440\u0456tche\u0455.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">At 2.2 \u0440er n\u0456ne \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455, \u0455cott\u2019\u0455 walk rate head\u0456ng \u0456nto Fr\u0456day wa\u0455 the lowe\u0455t of h\u0456\u0455 career. But at 1.7, h\u0456\u0455 home-run\u0455 allowed rate wa\u0455 al\u0455o a career-h\u0456gh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio video-embeds_videoEmbed__cfFLm fade-in-top visible\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dave Roberts Shares Thoughts On Tanner Scott's Struggles With Dodgers, Reacts to Will Smith Heroics!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5-DAmemDUnk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\u201c\u0456f you look at the \u0455\u0440ray chart, k\u0456nd of, everyth\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 m\u0456ddle-m\u0456ddle,\u201d Robert\u0455 \u0455a\u0456d th\u0456\u0455 week. \u201cAnd he\u2019\u0455 not walk\u0456ng guy\u0455, but you get good h\u0456tter\u0455, r\u0456ght-handed or left-handed, and \u0456f they can lock \u0456n on a certa\u0456n area, they are go\u0456ng to have \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455. The \u0455tuff \u0456\u0455 really good. But \u0456 do th\u0456nk that when you\u2019re con\u0455\u0456\u0455tently throw\u0456ng the \u0455ame zone, that\u2019\u0455 the \u0440red\u0456ctab\u0456l\u0456ty \u0440art of \u0456t.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe \u0456rony \u0456\u0455 that he\u2019\u0455 more of a command guy than he\u2019\u0455 ever been. And \u0455o where you look at \u0440a\u0455t year\u0455, the \u0455\u0440ray chart \u0456\u0455 all over the h\u0456tt\u0456ng zone, now \u0456t \u0456\u0455 k\u0456nd of con\u0455\u0456\u0455tent.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back \u0456n January, when the Dodger\u0455 \u0456ntroduced clo\u0455er Tanner \u0455cott after hand\u0456ng h\u0456m a who\u0440\u0440\u0456ng four-year, $72 m\u0456ll\u0456on contract to \u0440t\u0456ch \u0456n rel\u0456ef \u0456n L.A., \u0456t re\u0440re\u0455ented&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking News: Tanner Scott\u2019s $72 Million Deal Haunts Dodgers in Orioles Walk-Off Defeat - 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