{"id":14881,"date":"2024-12-27T04:32:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T04:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14881"},"modified":"2024-12-27T04:32:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T04:32:09","slug":"breaking-yankees-predicted-to-sign-54-million-pitcher-in-juan-soto-backup-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14881","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees Predicted To Sign $54 Million Pitcher In Juan Soto Backup Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees lost out in the Juan Soto sweepstakes earlier this offseason as Soto bolted to sign a $765 million deal with the New York Mets. Since then, the Bronx Bombers have pivoted to a Soto backup plan.<\/p>\n<p>This plan has included signing Paul Goldschmidt and Max Fried while also trading for Cody Bellinger and Devin Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Rucker Haringey recently\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/fansided.com\/3-moves-brian-cashman-still-must-make-to-give-yankees-a-world-series-worthy-plan-b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">predicted the Yankees would sign<\/a>\u00a0top free agent closer Tanner Scott to finish off a perfect Soto backup plan this offseason. Scott is projected to\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/07\/sports\/rankings-contract-predictions-for-top-40-mlb-free-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sign a $54 million deal<\/a>, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.webp?w=790&amp;f=ac553b663e58c38f5e96321bd45f8dec 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.jpg?w=790&amp;f=ac553b663e58c38f5e96321bd45f8dec 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.webp?w=900&amp;f=9d6a782f7438630150a1c359e4f66e42 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.jpg?w=900&amp;f=9d6a782f7438630150a1c359e4f66e42 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.webp?w=790&amp;f=ac553b663e58c38f5e96321bd45f8dec 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.jpg?w=790&amp;f=ac553b663e58c38f5e96321bd45f8dec 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.webp?w=450&amp;f=14675dd8eb63559f8e22b60b1afcdfb0 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.jpg?w=450&amp;f=14675dd8eb63559f8e22b60b1afcdfb0 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.webp?w=1200&amp;f=d5b877137e0459936a3ef43a01c11de8\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2551945\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2551945\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-tanner-scott.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=d5b877137e0459936a3ef43a01c11de8\" alt=\"San Diego Padres pitcher Tanner Scott\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; APRIL 10: Tanner Scott #66 of the Miami Marlins throws a pitch during the ninth inning of the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 10,&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Dustin Satloff\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The Yankees bullpen still needs to add a lefty who can get hitters out in high-leverage situations,&#8221; Haringey wrote. &#8220;The organization has\u00a0interest in bringing Tim Hill back into the fold, but that shouldn&#8217;t stop them from going after the best southpaw reliever available in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tanner Scott is that guy. The struggles he&#8217;s endured with control over the years have limited his effectiveness, but he made the All-Star team for the first time in 2024. He features a plus fastball and a sharp slider that allow him to get hitters on both sides of the plate out. That versatility will add to his price tag in free agency and his appeal to the Yankees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scott would be a huge addition to the Yankees bullpen. It would provide a one-two punch at the end of the games that would shorten games in the Bronx. Scott and Williams would give the Yankees a lefty and a righty to close games down.<\/p>\n<p>If general manager Brian Cashman can solve the hole at third base in an affordable way, spending a lot of money on Scott would be quite a great way to improve the roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees lost out in the Juan Soto sweepstakes earlier this offseason as Soto bolted to sign a $765 million deal with the New York&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Yankees Predicted To Sign $54 Million Pitcher In Juan Soto Backup Plan - 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