Dodgers pitcher’s – Maddie Scott, wife of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tanner Scott, said on Instagram that she received threats directed at their newborn child after his outing on Saturday against the Philadelphia Phillies. The post came amid a broader pattern of online death thr
The first hours with a newborn are supposed to be about sleep schedules and feeding routines—small. fragile things that can tip a day either way. For Maddie Scott, the disruption came with words. She said she received threats aimed at her newborn child after her husband. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tanner Scott. took the mound.
Scott, a one-time All-Star, allowed three runs on three hits on Saturday in a 4-3 loss against the Philadelphia Phillies.
On Instagram, Maddie Scott wrote that she doesn’t “speak out often. Ever actually,” adding, “I promise you, you don’t know what it’s like unless you’re living it.” In since-expired Stories shared through the posts that followed, she pointed readers to comments she said were directed at the baby.
One user, she reposted, wrote, “Hope this mutt d i e s soon.” The user also added, “I hope you get home to your family lying in puddles of their own blood.”
The messages weren’t isolated to one family. Maddie Scott’s post landed in a season when multiple MLB players described being targeted with death threats aimed at them and their loved ones.
In 2025, Seattle Mariners pitcher Tayler Saucedo shared a post in August that said he hoped “your f—– head gets blown off,” and that his wife also died.
Boston Red Sox reliever Liam Hendriks—who has described himself as a cancer survivor—revealed “horrible and cruel” threats directed at him and his wife in May 2025.
That same month, Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr said threats were directed at his wife and children. Texas authorities later identified the source of the threats as an “inebriated” sports bettor.
The pattern has drawn attention as sports betting keeps expanding in the background of everyday fandom. The threats described by players and families aren’t tied to the game itself. but to the reaction around it—an environment where abuse can travel fast. and where a loss can be transformed into something far more personal.
For Tanner Scott’s family, the timing made the message sting harder. The outing—three hits, three runs, and a 4-3 defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies—came and went. What lingered, Maddie Scott said, were the threats aimed at a baby too young to understand any of it.
Where the situation stands now is grimly clear: online harassment continues to reach beyond players and into homes, into partners, and into newborns.
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