It seems hard to believe, but Scott Kazmir led the AL in strikeouts in 2007 (239) and had a 3.49 ERA with nearly 10 strikeouts per nine innings as recently as 2008. Since then he has a 5.42 ERA in 54 major league starts and now he seems incapable of even

Tony Gutierrez-Pool/Getty Images Like many before him, Edwin Jackson was supposed to rack up awards on the way to Cooperstown. So what happened to all these arms? By Jonah Keri on February 1, 2012 E dwin Jackson was supposed to be a superstar. Though jus

ARLINGTON — The anticipated American League West race between the defending-champion Rangers and reloading Los Angles Angels will hinge on one question.Who made the right call on an expensive No. 3 starting pitcher?The Rangers added their prime target by

Everything has come crashing down for Scott Kazmir. He was the first great Rays pitcher, the first harbinger of a Rays turnaround. But as I talked about ad nauseum yesterday, it all came to a screeching halt for Kazmir before he began gliding into a prot

Devon just mentioned the two Scott Kazmir trades, bringing up a critical question: what in the world happened in between? In a span of a few short years, Kazmir went from the greatest pitcher in the history of the Tampa Bay Rays who was still adding to h

Mat Latos is already a pretty good pitcher. You know the résumé: Young, throws hard, good strikeout rate, pretty good control, succeeded in a great pitcher's park in San Diego. What the Cincinnati Reds are hoping, of course, is that they acquired a No. 1