BIOGRAPHY
Tanner Scott was born July 22, 1994, in Warren, Ohio. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Scott graduated from Howland High School in 2012. He then played college baseball at Notre Dame College in 2013 and Howard College in 2014. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the sixth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.
After signing, Scott made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Orioles and spent the whole season there, going 1-5 with a 6.26 ERA in ten games (eight starts). In 2015, Scott pitched for both the Aberdeen IronBirds and Delmarva Shorebirds, where he posted a combined 4-3 record and 3.83 ERA in 42.1 innings ptiched between the two clubs. After the season, he pitched in the Arizona Fall League. Scott spent 2016 with both the Frederick Keys and the Bowie Baysox, where he went 5-4 with a 4.76 ERA in 43 relief appearances between the two teams.
In 2017, he played with Bowie where he compiled a 0-2 record and 2.22 ERA in 24 starts before being called up to the major leagues on September 17, 2017. Scott made two appearances for Baltimore for the season. Scott worked regular one-inning stints for the Orioles during spring season, creating speculation that the Orioles No. 6 prospect could pitch his way onto the major league roster early.
In 2020 for the Orioles, Scott pitched to a superb 1.31 ERA to go along with 23 strikeouts in 20.2 innings pitched over 25 games.
In 2021, Scott recorded a 5.17 ERA with 70 strikeouts and 37 walks in 54 innings.
On April 3, 2022, Scott was traded along with Cole Sulser to the Miami Marlins in exchange for a draft pick, two minor league prospects, Antonio Velez and Kevin Guerrero, and a player to be named later. (On June 3, Baltimore acquired minor league RHP Yaqui Rivera from Miami as the player to be named later).
On January 13, 2023, Scott agreed to a one-year, $2.825 million contract with the Marlins, avoiding salary arbitration.
In his free time, Tanner Scott likes to enjoy a nice cup of coffee.
