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By Peter Chawaga
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The Los Angeles Dodgers earned a much needed win on Monday over the Minnesota Twins, but it came with a significant loss.
The team has endured an epidemic of pitcher injuries this season and it suffered yet another as reliever Tanner Scott exited the game with a forearm issue.
"Lefty reliever Tanner Scott is likely bound for the injured list after exiting Monday's 5-2 win over the Twins with a 'sting sensation' in his forearm in the ninth inning, manager Dave Roberts said," per MLB.com's Sonja Chen. "Roberts described Scott as 'emotionally, not well' afterward."
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The Dodgers were already likely to hunt for some bullpen help at the upcoming trade deadline, even before Scott's injury. Relievers Blake Treinen, Michael Kopech, Brusdal Graterol and Evan Phillips are all on the injured list and Scott and Kirby Yates have been shaky.
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Now, with Scott expected to be out for a significant stretch, the Dodgers could decide to answer their bullpen questions with an emphatic trade. And Bleacher Report's Zachary Rymer predicted the team would do so by landing A's star closer Mason Miller.
"The Athletics' closer hasn't been quite as electrifying in 2025 as he was in 2024, but the fastball is still getting as high as 104.1 mph. He has also long since shaken off a slow start, posting a 1.96 ERA with six hits allowed in his last 18.1 innings," Rymer wrote. "And of all the teams that could be desperate enough to move heaven and earth to get him out of Sacramento, the Dodgers have one advantage. Namely, their wealth of young talent."
Rymer named pitcher Bobby Miller and catcher Dalton Rushing as some young pieces the Dodgers might trade in order to acquire Miller. While the cost is likely to be exorbitant, the Dodgers might feel like they have little choice but to pay up for a win-now bullpen acquisition after yet another injury to their staff.
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