Workhorse Reliever Tanner Scott Wins Arbitration Case Against Miami Marlins
Left-handed pitcher Tanner Scott won his arbitration case against the Miami Marlins , MLB Network's Mark Feinsand reported Saturday.
The independent arbiter decided Scott would earn a $5.7 million salary in 2024, rather than the $5.15 million the Marlins had proposed. This was Scott's final year of arbitration eligibility, as he is slated to hit free agency next winter.
Scott, 29, is coming off a career year. He finished 2023 with a 9-5 record, 2.31 ERA, 0.987 WHIP, 12.0 strikeouts per nine innings and a 3.6 WAR.
Scott has racked up 309 appearances since 2018, which ranks No. 23 in baseball. He made his MLB debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2017, going through a few up-and-down campaigns with the club before he was eventually shipped off to Miami.
Before this past year, the peak of Scott's career came when he put up a 1.31 ERA and 1.3 WAR with the Orioles in 2020. In his entire tenure with Baltimore, however, Scott went just 9-8 with a 4.73 ERA.
The Marlins made Scott their closer after trading for him in 2022, and he immediately racked up a team-high 20 saves across 67 appearances. Scott was transitioned out of the role in 2023 – his 12 saves were ultimately exceeded by A.J. Puk's 15 – but he still managed to appear in a whopping 74 contests.
Scott, despite only taking the mound for 78.0 innings of work, ranked third on Miami's pitching staff and fourth on the entire roster in WAR. He was a big part of the reason the Marlins made the playoffs, even if his scoreless eighth inning in Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series wasn't enough to lift them past the Philadelphia Phillies.
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