The San Diego Padres, trailing the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers by 6 1/2 games in the National League West and clinging to one of the league’s three wild-card playoff positions entering play Tuesday, augmented their pitching staff with two deals before Major League Baseball’s annual trade deadline.
The Padres landed left-handed closer Tanner Scott from the Miami Marlins as part of a six-player deal, ESPN reported, and obtained left-handed starter Martin Perez, a former All-Star, from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Right-handed pitcher Bryan Hoeing also heads from Miami to San Diego in exchange for left-hander Robby Snelling, right-hander Adam Mazur, and infielders Graham Pauley and Jay Beshears, per the report.
Scott, 30, was a bright spot on a last-place Marlins team, earning his first All-Star nod this year. He is 6–5 with a 1.18 earned-run average and 18 saves across 44 appearances in his third season in Miami.
In parts of eight seasons for the Baltimore Orioles (2017–21) and Marlins (2022–24), Scott is 28–23 with 51 saves and a 3.63 ERA in 355 appearances, all out of the bullpen. He’s struck out 455 batters in 342 1/3 innings.
Hoeing, 27, is 1–2 with a 2.70 ERA in 16 games, including two starts, this season. He has a 5.48 career ERA in 57 games over parts of three seasons with Miami.
Of the four players heading to the Marlins, only Pauley (13 games) and Mazur (eight) have major-league experience. Pauley made his big-league debut in March and batted .125 (4-for-32) with two home runs and five RBIs for the Padres. He has spent most of the season at Triple-A.
Mazur, 23, debuted for the Padres in June and was 1–3 with a 7.49 ERA in eight starts. The 20-year-old Snelling, a 2022 first-round draft pick, has spent this season at Double-A. The 22-year-old Beshears, a 2023 sixth-round selection, has split the season between Class-A and High-A.
To get Perez, San Diego parted with minor-league left-hander Ronaldys Jimenez.
Perez, 33, signed a one-year contract worth $8 million to join the Pirates last offseason after two productive years with the Texas Rangers. He is 2–5 with a 5.20 ERA in 16 starts, with 63 strikeouts and 32 walks in 83 innings this year.
Perez was an All-Star in 2022, when he finished 12–8 with a 2.89 ERA and 169 strikeouts for Texas. He went 10–4 last season but made just three relief appearances in the playoffs during the Rangers’ World Series run.
In 304 games, including 259 starts, for the Rangers (2012–18, 2022–23), Minnesota Twins (2019), Boston Red Sox (2020–21), and Pirates, Perez is 87–86 with a 4.48 ERA.
Jimenez, 18, joined the Padres’ Dominican Summer League team this season. He notched a 1.50 ERA in three starts.
