Left-hander won his arbitration hearing with the Marlins, according to MLB.coms Mark Feinsand ( ). The Marlins were looking to pay Scott $5.15MM in 2023, but the reliever will instead earn his desired figure of $5.7MM. The salary checks in just slightly under the $5.8MM that MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz for Scott, but its still a very nice raise for the southpaw in his final year of arbitration eligibility. Scott avoided arbitration in his first two winters of eligibility, and his $5.7MM salary is more than double the $2.825MM he earned in 2023. The payday comes in the wake of the best season of Scotts seven-year MLB career. The lefty posted a 2.31 ERA over 78 innings for Miami, and only four pitchers topped Scotts total of 74 appearances. Beyond the durability, Scotts page is a veritable sea of red, as he ranked in at least the 90th percentile of almost every major statistical category. The eye-popping numbers included Logan Driscoll Jersey a 33.9% strikeout rate, 26.3% hard-hit ball rate, and 35.3% chase rate that all ranked among the leagues elite. Scotts 7.8% walk rate was modest in comparison, sitting at only the 60th percentile of all pitchers. Yet this stat was perhaps the key element to Scotts succe s, given how control problems have plagued his career Scott had a career 14.2% walk rate prior to his greatly improved 7.8BB% last season. Pundits and scouts have long felt that Scott had elite potential if he could ever harne s his stuff, and 2023 is a very promising sign that Scott has now turned the corner at age 29. Scott moved into the closers job down the stretch for Miami and looks to a sume that same role heading into the coming season. Since he is set to hit free agency next winter, Scott stands out as a potential trade chip if the Marlins arent in contention by the deadline. There was even some speculative trade buzz around Scott this winter given the Marlins surplus of left-handed relievers, though the Fish already moved another southpaw last week when was to the Twins for . Scotts case was the final pending arbitration hearing of the 2023-24 offseason, and the players emerged with a winning record from this years slate of hearings. Players won nine of the 15 cases that went to arbitration. Jonny Deluca Jersey