Daily Notes, In Which Scott Kazmir’s Name Is Invoked

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December 19, 2012

Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Daily Notes.

1. Status Update: Scott Kazmir’s Status, Updated
2. Video: Scott Kazmir Striking Out All the Yankees in 2008
3. SCOUT Leaderboards: Puerto Rican League

Status Update: Scott Kazmir’s Status, Updated
Scott Kazmir, who last pitched at the major-league level (for 1.2 innings) in 2011 and last pitched effectively in something more like 2008, currently resides atop the SCOUT pitching leaderboard for starters in the Puerto Rican League. The left-hander, who’s still just 28 years old, pitched for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League this year, posting a 51:33 strikeout-to-walk ratio in in 64.0 innings (14 starts).

Through five starts and 22.2 innings for Carolina in Puerto Rico, Kazmir has recorded a 27:8 strikeout-to-walk ratio and 2.27 GO/AO — which latter figure probably translates into something like a 50% or 55% ground-ball rate.

According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, Kazmir is throwing 90-94 mph this winter — which more or less represents (if it is actually the case) a return to the velocity he possessed before 2011. Both Heyman and also Buster Olney have reported within the last month that Kazmir is receiving interest from multiple teams.

It would be the very picture of optimism, probably, to hope for Kazmir to regain the sort of stuff that placed him within Baseball America’s top-12 overall prospects between 2003 and -05. Still, for what promise he did possess, it would be pleasant to see him return to the major leagues and not fail.

Video: Scott Kazmir Striking Out All the Yankees in 2008
Here’s video from 2008 of Kazmir striking out nine Yankees in five innings — the box score for which game can be found by clicking this hyperlinked text.

SCOUT Leaderboards: Puerto Rican Baseball League
Below are the current SCOUT leaderboards for the Puerto Rican League. (Ages as of July 1st, 2012. Players listed with most recent team. Click here for more on what is SCOUT.)

SCOUT Leaderboard: Puerto Rican League Hitters
Below is the current SCOUT batting leaderboard for the Puerto Rican League. SCOUT+ is calculated using regressed home-run, walk, and strikeout rates, where 100 is average and above 100 is above average.

Player Team Age Pos PA xHR% xBB% xK% SCOUT+
Andy Gonzalez Brewers 30 SS 122 2.6% 13.5% 18.8% 125
Pedro Valdes N/A 39 1B 108 1.7% 13.2% 15.2% 120
Carlos Rivera MEX 34 1B 102 2.1% 10.4% 13.9% 119
Angel Sanchez Astros 28 SS 111 1.7% 10.5% 12.2% 118
Jaime Ortiz Marlins 23 1B 39 2.4% 10.3% 16.4% 118
Johnny Monell Giants 26 C 89 2.8% 11.0% 20.2% 117
Ruben Gotay Braves 29 2B 111 1.0% 13.0% 12.8% 116
Luis Matos MEX 33 OF 91 1.4% 11.4% 13.3% 116
Irving Falu Royals 29 2B 105 1.4% 8.8% 11.6% 111
Jesus Feliciano Rays 33 OF 127 0.9% 8.3% 8.2% 110

SCOUT Leaderboard: Puerto Rican League Hitters (Prospects)
Here is the SCOUT batting leaderboard for the Puerto Rican League, but only populated with players who are 25 or under — i.e. something more like “prospect” age relative to the league.

Player Team Age Pos PA xHR% xBB% xK% SCOUT+
Jaime Ortiz Marlins 23 1B 39 2.4% 10.3% 16.4% 118
Martin Maldonado Brewers 25 C 75 1.9% 10.2% 17.9% 108
Brandon Snyder Rangers 25 1B 12 1.9% 10.0% 17.7% 108
Michael Perez D-backs 19 C 15 2.2% 9.4% 19.4% 106
Daniel Ortiz Twins 22 OF 96 1.4% 8.7% 14.0% 106
Juan Centeno Mets 22 C 68 1.6% 9.5% 16.1% 106
Enrique Hernandez Astros 20 2B 117 1.6% 7.3% 13.4% 105
Kennys Vargas Twins 21 1B 62 1.9% 10.2% 20.2% 104
Jeff Dominguez Marlins 25 3B 93 1.1% 12.3% 18.4% 104
Eddie Rosario Twins 20 OF 93 2.1% 7.8% 17.7% 104

SCOUT Leaderboard: Puerto Rican League Pitchers
Below is the current SCOUT pitching leaderboard for the Puerto Rican League. SCOUT- is calculated using regressed strikeout and walk rates where 100 is average and below 100 is above average.

Player Team Age G GS IP TBF xK% xBB% SCOUT-
Jose De La Torre Red Sox 26 14 0 18.1 68 25.7% 8.4% 77
Jason Urquidez Red Sox 29 14 0 19.1 75 22.9% 7.7% 83
Scott Kazmir IND 28 5 5 22.2 103 23.6% 8.5% 84
Shoki Kasahara NPB 21 6 6 28.0 120 22.2% 8.1% 86
Giovanni Soto Indians 21 10 0 14.0 53 22.9% 9.1% 87
Rob Bryson Indians 24 13 0 13.1 50 22.5% 9.2% 88
Joe Colon Indians 22 7 6 29.0 120 21.6% 8.4% 89
Kelvin Villa IND 26 7 6 33.0 138 21.4% 8.3% 89
Xavier Cedeno Astros 25 3 0 3.2 13 21.7% 8.7% 89
Josh Walter IND 27 9 2 21.0 88 21.4% 8.4% 90

SCOUT Leaderboard: Puerto Rican League Pitchers (Starters)
Here is the SCOUT pitching leaderboard for the Puerto Rican League, but only populated with pitchers who’ve made at least half of their appearances as starts.

Player Team Age G GS IP TBF xK% xBB% SCOUT-
Scott Kazmir IND 28 5 5 22.2 103 23.6% 8.5% 84
Shoki Kasahara NPB 21 6 6 28.0 120 22.2% 8.1% 86
Joe Colon Indians 22 7 6 29.0 120 21.6% 8.4% 89
Kelvin Villa IND 26 7 6 33.0 138 21.4% 8.3% 89
Shinya Kayama NPB 22 6 6 32.2 144 21.4% 8.8% 90
Gaby Hernandez D-backs 26 7 5 27.2 122 21.4% 9.1% 92
Javier Vazquez N/A 35 3 3 11.0 47 20.3% 8.1% 92
Tomas Santiago N/A 30 8 4 34.2 145 21.3% 9.3% 92
Michael Nix IND 29 2 1 5.2 22 19.3% 8.4% 95
Josh Romanski Yankees 25 6 6 30.0 125 19.0% 8.2% 95





 

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scott kazmir was good
11 years ago

He *did* fulfill some of his prospect promise; he was a solid starter for the Rays for a long time…

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