In hindsight, if one squints hard enough, the acquisition of Tanner Scott made sense.

The 2024 Dodgers had a bullpen that overachieved, but was getting a bit long in the tooth with Blake Treinen as the de facto closer. When the Dodgers acquired Scott in January, he was the best relief arm on the market.

In 2024, with two clubs overall, opposing batters had a slash line of .179/.285/.243, which is comparable to 2024-Billy McKinney. He routinely made Shohei Ohtani look silly in the 2024 NLDS, and by acquiring Scott, the Padres are diminished in theory.

Scott was supposed to lead the new version of the bullpen dawgs, with Treinen, Kirby Yates, Michael Kopech, and Evan Phillips.

The plan did not work.

Frankly, Scott was a primary culprit. If Scott’s season could be distilled into a single

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