In 2002, Scott Kazmir was a prized prospect coming out of Cypress Falls High School in Houston. The New York Mets drafted Kazmir with the 15th pick in the first round of the 2002 MLB Draft, but traded him two years later to the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays. Kazmir impressed in his 2005 rookie season and made All-Star appearances in 2006 and ’08. In 2009, the Rays traded Kazmir to the Los Angeles Angels where he would struggle mightily and the Angels released him in June of 2011.
After a year off from baseball, Kazmir signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League.