Tanner Scott Trade: Analyzing Every Player In The Padres-Marlins Deal

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After an early afternoon that had seen mostly lower-profile trades, the Padres and Marlins connected for a deadline deal Tuesday that saw one of the bigger pitching names on the market get moved.

Tanner Scott, the hard-throwing lefthanded bullpen arm out of Miami is headed to San Diego, as first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

Additional components of the trade were later confirmed to include fellow reliever Bryan Hoeing headed to the Padres in exchange for a quartet of San Diego’s Top 30 prospects: LHP Robby Snelling (No. 3), RHP Adam Mazur (No. 4), 3B Graham Pauley (No. 6) and INF Jay Beshears (No. 29).

You can find the most updated list of Padres Top 30 prospects here.

PADRES RECEIVE

Tanner Scott, LHP
Age: 30

San Diego lands arguably the top reliever available on the market. Scott has been one of the Marlins’ few consistent performers over the last three seasons. He has 18 saves, a 1.18 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP this year. Scott has questionable command but is one of the hardest relievers to barrel in the majors with a .123 opponents batting average. He mixes a a four-seam fastball sitting 96-98 mph with a hard slider and generates swings and misses at a high rate boasting a 15.4% swinging strike rate. Scott should slot into the back end of the Padres bullpen alongside recently acquired Jason Adam and incumbent closer Robert Suarez.

Bryan Hoeing, RHP
Age: 27

Hoeing has spent the better part of three seasons working a multi-inning reliever for the Marlins. This has been by far his best season. Hoeing has hit career highs in strikeout rate, a career low in walk rate, while cutting his ERA in half year over year. His primary pitch is his sinker at 92-94 mph, pairing it with a slider and splitter. He is capable of going multiple innings. Hoeing doesn’t miss many bats but he steals lots of strikes with good command and generates ground balls at a rate near 50%.

MARLINS RECEIVE

Robby Snelling, LHP
Age: 20

Snelling won the Baseball America Minor League Pitcher of the Year award in 2023 after an outstanding first full professional season. Returning to Double-A San Antonio in 2024 has not been nearly as kind. Over 16 starts Snelling has pitched to a 6.01 ERA, with a 20.2% strikeout rate and a 10% walk rate while allowing a whopping 1.72 home runs per nine innings. Snelling is a 2022 first-round supplemental pick out of the Reno, Nevada area and could recapture some of his stuff with a move to the Marlins. Snelling mixes a four-seam fastball at 91-93 mph with dead zone shape, an upper-70s breaking with around 5 inches of drop and some cut and a mid-80s changeup. None of his pitches have been even average bat-missers in 2024.

Adam Mazur, RHP
Age: 23

A second-round pick out of Iowa in 2022, Mazur pitched his way to the major leagues with the Padres this season debuting on June 4. He made eight ensuing starts with the Padres but struggled with command and allowed a high rate of home runs. Early this season in the minors, Mazur had shown the ability to dominate and get deep into games, getting into the fifth inning or later in eight of his 10 starts. Mazur mixes a four-seam fastball that sits 94-96 mph with below-average ride and some cut, a mid-to-upper-80s gyro slider, a low-80s two-plane curveball and a firm changeup. In the minors, Mazur showed above-average command of his pitch mix and the ability to miss bats with his slider and curveball.

Graham Pauley, 3B
Age: 23

A low-dollar signing out of Duke in 2022, Pauley broke camp with the Padres to begin the season but struggled in his first taste of the majors. Despite good plate skills, Pauley has struggled at Triple-A since his demotion hitting just .228/.342/.390, which is a line nearly 20% below the average Pacific Coast League hitter. He shows above-average bat-to-ball skills and average approach with below-average power.

Jay Beshears, 1B/2B
Age: 22

A 2023 sixth-rounder out of Duke, Beshears hit .320/.489/.454 in Low-A to begin 2024 but has been below-average since moving to High-A hitting .235/.308/.343. Beshears shows average plate skills and fringe-average raw power. He has the ability to play multiple positions in the infield.