Tanner Scott of the San Diego Padres Named the National League Reliever of the Month for July; Emmanuel Clase of the Cleveland Guardians Named the American League Reliever of the Month for July

Closer Tanner Scott, who was traded earlier this week from the Miami Marlins to the San Diego Padres, has been voted the National League Reliever of the Month for July, and closer Emmanuel Clase of the Cleveland Guardians has been named the American League Reliever of the Month for July. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.

Scott, who made all 10 of his appearances during the month with Miami, earned his second career Reliever of the Month Award after winning with the Marlins for September/October of last season, and he is the first Miami reliever to win multiple times. Other Marlins winners include Todd Jones (August 2005) and Kyle Barraclough (June 2018). Clase, who won for a second time this season, picked up his sixth career Reliever of the Month Award. In addition to his win in May of this season, Clase was also honored in August 2021, June 2022, August 2022 and September/October 2022. With his sixth award, Clase becomes just the third reliever to win a Reliever of the Month Award on at least six occasions, joining Edwin Díaz (8) and Josh Hader (6).

Tanner Scott, San Diego Padres (Miami Marlins in July) (@tannerscott)
• The 30-year-old, who earned his first career All-Star selection, did not allow a run over 9.2 innings pitched across nine appearances in July, converting each of his six save opportunities. Scott permitted just one hit with four walks and 15 strikeouts while holding opposing batters to a .035 batting average (1-for-29).
• With nine scoreless appearances, Scott extended his current run of scoreless appearances to 17 consecutive outings dating back to June 17th.
• The right-hander did not permit a hit in 10 straight appearances from June 27th-July 24th. During the incredible run, Scott surrendered just three walks with 16 strikeouts over 10.2 innings pitched.
• The sixth-round pick of the 2014 MLB Draft (by Baltimore) recorded saves on back-to-back days on July 23rd-24th against his former Orioles team, noting three strikeouts with a walk over 2.0 hitless innings.
• The Ohio native opened his award-winning month by striking out the side in the ninth inning of Miami’s 12-inning loss against the visiting Boston Red Sox on July 4th
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Emmanuel Clase, Cleveland Guardians (@emmanuelclase31)
• The 26-year-old right-hander went 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA across 11 appearances in July, converting each of his eight save opportunities. In 11.0 innings pitched, the three-time All-Star permitted two runs (one earned) on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts while holding the opposition to a .132 (5-for-38) batting average.
• In addition to his eight saves during the month, Clase closed out the AL’s 5-3 victory in the Midsummer Classic to join Mel Harder (1935, 1937) as the only Cleveland pitchers to record multiple saves in the AllStar Game. Overall, Clase became the fifth pitcher in history with at least two career All-Star saves, joining Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera (4), Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley (4), Harder (2) and Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter (2).
• The Rio San Juan, Dominican Republic native posted saves on consecutive days twice during the month, including July 6th-7th vs. San Francisco and July 23rd-24th vs. Detroit.
• Clase did not allow a run over his final seven outings of the month, yielding just three hits with one walk and six strikeouts across 7.0 innings pitched.
• The 2022 Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award winner has registered a Major League-high tying and AL-best 33 saves on the season while permitting just four earned runs in his 52 appearances. Cleveland is 48-4 overall on the season in games in which Clase has appeared.
• Clase is the only reliever in team history to have a 0.70 ERA-or-lower through 108 team games (minimum 30 appearances), and he owns the lowest career ERA in AL/NL history (minimum 200.0 IP) with a career mark of 1.77.

Others receiving votes for NL Reliever of the Month included Jeff Hoffman (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 SV, 10 G, 10.2 IP, 4 H, 5 BB, 17 SO) of the Philadelphia Phillies; José Buttó (3-0, 1.08 ERA, 2 SV, 8 G, 16.2 IP, 7 H, 6 BB, 19 SO) and Edwin Díaz (1-0, 1.13 ERA, 6 SV, 8 G, 8.0 IP, 3 H, 5 BB, 10 SO) of the New York Mets; Scott’s former teammates Huascar Brazobán (1-1, 0.00 ERA, 10 G, 14.2 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 18 SO), who was dealt from the Marlins to the Mets earlier this week, and AJ Puk (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 11 G, 12
SV, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 20 SO), who was traded from the Marlins to the Diamondbacks earlier this week; Dennis Santana (0-1, 0.66 ERA, 10 G, 13.2 IP, 12 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 22 SO) and Aroldis Chapman (4-1, 2.79 ERA, 9 G, 1 SV, 9.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 6 BB, 13 SO) of the Pittsburgh Pirates; and Kevin Ginkel (0-1, 1.93 ERA, 13 G, 14.0 IP, 14 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 18 SO) of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Others receiving votes for AL Reliever of the Month included Clase’s bullpen-mate Cade Smith (2-0, 1.98 ERA, 12 G, 13.2 IP, 9 H, 2 BB, 21 SO); Kirby Yates (0-0, 1.80 ERA, 8 SV, 11 G, 10.0 IP, 4 H, 4 BB, 15 SO) of the Texas Rangers; Andrés Muñoz (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 SV, 10 G, 10.1 IP, 1 H, 6 BB, 10 SO) and Collin Snider of the Seattle Mariners; Bryan Abreu (0-0, 1.93 ERA, 14 G, 14.0 IP, 12 H, 6 BB, 20 SO) and Josh Hader (1-2, 5.23 ERA, 9 SV, 12 G, 10.1 IP, 6 H, 4 BB, 14 SO) of the Houston Astros; Cole
Sands (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 SV, 9 G, 12.2 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 14 SO) of the Minnesota Twins; Tyler Holton (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 SV, 8 G, 11.2 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 8 SO) of the Detroit Tigers; Ben Joyce (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 9 G, 11.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 9 SO) of the Los Angeles Angels; and Andrew Chafin (0-0, 0.87 ERA, 11 G, 1 SV, 10.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 16 SO), who was traded from the Tigers to the Rangers earlier this week.