BALLER MOVE: Target in drafts ~pick 120
CURRENT ADP: ~134 overall
ANALYSIS: Tanner Scott got 20 saves with the Marlins in 2022. His 31.1% strikeout rate that year resulted in 90 strikeouts out of the bullpen to boot. His command, as it always had been, was awful and he posted the worst walk rate (15.9%) of his career. His 4.31 ERA and 1.61 WHIP were ratio wreckers for fantasy managers who decided they couldn’t pass up the saves and strikeouts.
In 2023, Miami started the season with a closer-by-committee approach to bullpen management rather than run Scott out in the ninth again. Then a funny thing happened. Dylan Floro attacked the strike zone with better command than he ever had and transformed himself into one of the most effective relievers in the league. After Dylan Floro was traded and A.J. Puk faltered one too many times, the door was open for Scott to transition from setup man to closer.
Scott ran with the job and finished the year with 12 saves, a 2.31 ERA, and a 0.99 WHIP thanks in large part to a vastly improved walk rate (7.8%, over his career mark of 14.2% before 2023). Time will tell if Scott’s 2023 was just a fluke or if this version of him is here to stay. Given his ADP, the chance at a full season of Scott performing again at that level is well worth the risk that he reverts to his old ways.
September was very special month for Tanner. ☺️ pic.twitter.com/f8ZD42ZZYG
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) October 3, 2023
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