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Tanner Scott of the Baltimore Orioles could help the Colorado Rockies — BALTIMORE, MD – AUGUST 27: Tanner Scott #66 of the Baltimore Orioles pitches in the seventh inning during a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Baltimore Orioles reliever Tanner Scott could also help the Colorado Rockies bullpen

Left-handed reliever Tanner Scott is a name that most Colorado Rockies fans probably haven’t heard of but he has spent part of the last five seasons in the bullpen for the Baltimore Orioles. However, since some of them were partial seasons, he would still have three years of control until free agency (under the current CBA).

Scott, 27, has had a mixed bag in the last three seasons as his ERA+ in the last three seasons are 100, 361, and 88. The 88 came in 2021 and it came in 62 appearances but his FIP was better than his ERA (4.41). He strikes out a lot of batters (11.6 K/9 since 2019) but his problem is that he walks six batters per nine innings.

If he got that under control (no pun intended), he could be a great reliever, especially for the Rockies. Scott, like Tate, has had one of the best groundball rates among relievers since 2019 as his 52.2 percent groundball rate (per FanGraphs) is among the top 20 relievers since then (minimum 100 innings pitched).

But, again, the problem is the walk rate, which will hurt a pitcher anywhere but with some good pitching minds like Bud Black, Steve Foster, and Darryl Scott, perhaps they could help him work it out.

Baltimore Orioles reliever Tanner Scott could also help the Colorado Rockies bullpen

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