Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott's wife has exposed the vile trolls who sent her death threats about their children after the team's loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.
Scott allowed three runs in a gut-wrenching 4-3 defeat for the Dodgers in LA, including a two-run homer from Edmundo Sosa in the eighth inning which gave up the lead and ultimately the game.
The 31-year-old had been enjoying a terrific season up until that point, with Saturday's runs the first he had given away in the league since April 24.
Yet following his disappointing performance, Scott's wife, Maddie, was targeted with sickening death threats towards their family; including young son Bo Alexander, 2, and their unborn daughter.
'When did it stop being a game?' she wrote on her Instagram story alongside a message from a user who had messaged her saying: 'gun shot your family tonight'.
'I don't speak out often. Ever actually,' Maddie added. 'I promise you, you don't know what it's like unless you're living it.'
She then posted another Instagram story which showed a host of disturbing threats that had been sent to her from a different account, including one which said: 'I hope you get home to your family lying in puddles of their own blood.'
'Hope it's a still b i r t h,' another comment read about their unborn daughter, after Maddie and Tanner announced earlier this month that they are expecting a baby girl.
Maddie wrote next to a screenshot of the messages: 'The unfortunate reality Incase you were curious'.
Tanner, who tied the knot with Maddie in November 2021 and have been together for almost a decade, is in his second season with the Dodgers after signing a four-year, $72 million contract in January 2025.
The Ohio-born pitcher started his MLB career with the Orioles in 2017 and spent five years in Baltimore before enjoying stints with the Miami Marlins and San Diego Padres.
He has five saves this season for LA with a 2.19 ERA and 0.69 WHIP despite Saturday's shortcoming, and manager Dave Roberts is still backing him as a result.
'Tanner's been great,' Roberts said postgame. 'I think he got count leverage on every guy essentially. Starting with the [Justin] Crawford at-bat, you get him 0-2, and then you leave a slider. He blocks it for a hit. Then you get count leverage on [Bryce] Harper. Then you get Sosa, you get count leverage, you get 0-2 to 1-2, and then you throw a pitch in his wheelhouse, and that's what happens. It happened quick.'
