Scott Kazmir Released
The moment we’ve all been waiting for since July 30, 2004 has finally arrived: Scott Kazmir is available, free and clear, after being released by the Angels.
Kazmir was going to be the lefthanded Tom Seaver until Rick Peterson thought ten minutes could fix Victor Zambrano and the Wilpons believed the Mets were still in the pennant race — despite the fact that they were in fourth place with a 49-53 record and 7 games out of first.
We know how it turned out; Zambrano was awful before going down with an elbow injury, and Kazmir went on to have a few good seasons before struggling with injuries himself (which GM Jim Duquette expected).
Now that Kazmir is out there for the taking, do you want him back in the Mets organization? He’s still only 27 years old.
Hat tip to loyal, longtime MetsToday reader / commenter “Mic” for the link.
In my opinion, why not give Kazmir a shot? We don’t have enough lefties in the bullpen and there isn’t much money needed to make it happen.
Their careers certainly went in different directions; though, I guess there is still time for Kazmir to turn into a closer and have a HOF career.
Anyway. I’m on the Kaz band wagon. But I think he needs arm strength back. Note He is already getting 14.5M from the Halos so he is cheap to the Mets and offsets the $$$ loss of Ollie…if they get anything back from Kaz.
Meanwhile i advocate a Tim wakefield role for RA.