James Pazos

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42+13 innings. [2] As a junior, he was 5–1 and had a 2.14 ERA in 63 innings, a WHIP of 0.94, and averaged a strikeout an inning. [7] [8] He was named to the 2012 Rawlings All-West Coast Conference First Team. [9]

Professional career

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees selected Pazos in the 13th round of the 2012 MLB draft, and he signed for a signing bonus of $100,000. [10] [11] He made his professional debut with the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League, going 2–1 with three saves and a 1.79 ERA in 28 relief appearances, with 39 strikeouts in 40.1 innings, and was named a mid-season NYPL All Star. [12]

He spent 2013 with Staten Island and the Charleston RiverDogs in the Class A South Atlantic League. He pitched to a combined 3–1 record with one save and 33 strikeouts and a 3.93 ERA in 34+13 innings pitched out of the bullpen. After the season, he played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League, pitching 10.1 innings. [13]

Pazos played in 2014 with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League. He compiled a combined 0–3 record with 10 saves (4th-most among Yankee minor leaguers) and a 2.42 ERA with 75 strikeouts in 67 relief innings, averaging 10.1 strikeouts per 9 innings. [14] [5]

In 2015, between Trenton and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League, he was 3–1 with three saves and a 1.27 ERA, and 49 strikeouts in 42+23 innings, averaging 10.3 strikeouts per 9 innings. [12] The Yankees promoted Pazos to the major leagues on September 1, and he made his major league debut on September 5. [15] With the Yankees in 2015, he pitched five scoreless innings. [16]

In 2016, Pazos split time between the Yankees and the minors. In the minors, pitching primarily for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, he was 2–2 with one save and a 2.32 ERA, and 47 strikeouts in 31 innings, averaging 13.6 strikeouts per 9 innings. [12] In 3+13 innings for the Yankees, he gave up five earned runs while winning one game. [17]

Seattle Mariners

The Yankees traded Pazos to the Seattle Mariners for Zack Littell on November 18, 2016. [18] In 2017 with Seattle, he was 4–5 with a 3.86 ERA, as in 53.2 innings he had 65 strikeouts, averaging 10.9 strikeouts per 9 innings. [16]

In 2018 with Seattle, he was 4–1 with a 2.88 ERA. In 50 innings in a career-high 60 games he gave up 47 hits and 15 walks, and had 45 strikeouts. [19] [5] He threw a sinker 91.8% of the time, second only to Zack Britton. [20]

Philadelphia Phillies

On December 3, 2018, the Mariners traded Pazos, Jean Segura, and Juan Nicasio to the Philadelphia Phillies for Carlos Santana and J. P. Crawford. [21] He began the 2019 season with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of the International League. [22] Pazos was designated for assignment on April 24, 2019, after pitching to a 6.14 ERA in both spring training and AAA. [23]

Colorado Rockies

On April 26, 2019, Pazos was traded to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for infielder Hunter Stovall. [24] Pitching for the Albuquerque Isotopes in 2019 he was 1–3 with one save and a 8.80 ERA in 39 games (44.0 innings). He had a 1.74 ERA in 12 games (10.1 innings) for the major league team. [25] With the 2020 Colorado Rockies, Pazos appeared in 6 games, compiling a 16.88 ERA and 1 strikeout in 5.1 innings pitched. [5] Pazos was designated for assignment by the Rockies on September 28, 2020. [26] Pazos elected free agency on October 9.

Los Angeles Dodgers

On December 11, 2020, Pazos signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. [27] He spent the entire 2021 season with the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, where he was 1–6 in 48 games for a 3.72 ERA. [25] He elected free agency on November 7, 2021.

Staten Island FerryHawks

After sitting out the 2022 season, Pazos signed with the Staten Island FerryHawks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball on April 22, 2023. [28] Pazos made 17 appearances for the FerryHawks, but struggled immensely to an 11.48 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 13+13 innings pitched. He was released by Staten Island on June 20. [29]

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James Pazos
James Pazos 2018.jpg
Pazos with the Seattle Mariners
Free agent
Pitcher
Born: (1991-05-05) May 5, 1991 (age 32)
Gilbert, Arizona, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 5, 2015, for the New York Yankees