
The Los Angeles Dodgers' four-year, $72 million star finisher who signed the Los Angeles Dodgers in the offseason has been in a slump lately, and in today's game against the Mets, he dropped points again in 10 innings and caused the team to lose 3-4, swallowing his fifth rescue failure and second loss of the season.
Scott's performance this year is significantly different from last year, where he reached 97 mph and had a long batting rate of just 0.263, but this year his ball speed has dropped by nearly 1 mile and his long batting rate has soared to 0.581, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said: "In terms of performance, he didn't live up to all of our expectations, including himself."
Speaking after the game, Scott admitted he was frustrated by today's performance: "Things didn't go the way I wanted them to." He mentioned that he felt terrible about his speedball being hit frequently this year, "Last year, the speedball was the weapon I relied on the most, but this year it has been constantly hit, and I can't shoot well at base."
When asked if this year's drop in fastball suppression has anything to do with ball speed, power or the point of entry, Scott said it was primarily a matter of the point of entry: "If you shoot in the right position, you don't usually get hit, but this year it's the opposite." He said he would discuss and find a solution with the coaching team.
In this game, the Dodgers relied on Shohei Ohtani to recover one point in the 23rd of the season in the 7th inning, and hit the left fielder in the 9th inning to fly high and sacrifice to push the game into the playoff, but in the end, due to Scott's loss of points in the playoff, the Dodgers still swallowed a loss in the end.