Back in the spring, Dave Roberts didn’t temper expectations when asked about his early impression of Tanner Scott.
“He’s like an assassin,” the Dodgers manager said then of the club’s $72 million offseason signing. “The fear in the batter’s box against him is certainly real.”
Lately, however, the only real killing Scott has done has been to the Dodgers’ chances.
And on Monday night, he and the team suffered through another fatal example, the de facto closer giving up two runs in the top of the 10th inning in a 4-3 loss to the New York Mets.