Tanner Scott, the top reliever on the MLB free-agent market, got paid like it.
The former San Diego Padres southpaw has agreed to a four-year, $72 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to multiple reports. Scott now joins an increasingly deep Dodgers bullpen.
Scott, who was traded from the Marlins to the Padres at last summer's deadline, posted a 2.73 ERA with 31 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings with San Diego in the second half.
The deal is among the largest ever given to a reliever, with Edwin Díaz's five-year, $102 million contract with the New York Mets still representing the high-water mark.