Will Mets bring back Kazmir?
[object Object] Credit: AP | Drafted: 2002 | Debuted: 2004 (Rays)
2 teams - 2004-10: 179 G, 66-61, 4.14 ERA, 1,020 1/3 IP, 990 K
Kazmir was the best pitching prospect in the farm system before he was traded away for Victor Zambrano who bombed for the Mets in 2004. Kazmir has been a member of the Angles since August 2009.
General manager Sandy Alderson has pledged to look into the "possibility" of signing the recently released Scott Kazmir, but the numbers haven't been very encouraging for the Mets' former first-round pick.
Kazmir was 0-5 with a 17.02 ERA in five starts for Triple-A Salt Lake. He has allowed 22 hits and 20 walks in 151/3 innings with 14 strikeouts. Kazmir is owed $12 million this season -- the last of his three-year, $28.5-million contract -- but the Angels are on the hook for that.
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General manager Sandy Alderson has pledged to look into the "possibility" of signing the recently released Scott Kazmir, but the numbers haven't been very encouraging for the Mets' former first-round pick.
Kazmir was 0-5 with a 17.02 ERA in five starts for Triple-A Salt Lake. He has allowed 22 hits and 20 walks in 151/3 innings with 14 strikeouts. Kazmir is owed $12 million this season -- the last of his three-year, $28.5-million contract -- but the Angels are on the hook for that.
Sound familiar? Despite the Mets' lack of pitching depth in the minors, Kazmir might be little more than a nostalgia signing. He was the team's first-round draft pick in 2002 before being traded to the Rays for Victor Zambrano in the infamous deadline deal two years later.