Overview
- MLB.com's Sonja Chen identified Tanner Scott as the Dodgers' bounce-back candidate for 2026.
- BaseballReference projects a 3.54 ERA over 61 innings with 64 strikeouts for the left-hander.
- Los Angeles signed Edwin Díaz to a three-year, $69 million contract, adding an established closer without removing Scott from late-inning plans.
- Scott's first Dodger season ended with a 4.74 ERA and an MLB-high 10 blown saves, alongside a career-worst home-run rate that included 11 homers in 57 innings.
- The team points to health factors, including a July elbow IL stint and a postseason procedure for a lower-body abscess that led to his removal from the NLDS roster.