MLB players who have came out of nowhere?

[mweir145]

Cole Hamels;

He wasn't born he just appeared in a puff of smoke

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not but Cole Hamels has always been a highly touted prospect.

Cole Hamels outpitched Steve Carlton before he was even born.

[jlm53089]

Ok heres one...

Scott Kazmir was traded for Victor Zambrano.

[Texans13]

Ok heres one...

Scott Kazmir was traded for Victor Zambrano.

Not at all. Kazmir was a highly touted prospect and there were rumors that he would be traded for Randy Johnson (past not present). Thats why Steve Phillips works in a broadcast booth and not for a professional team.

Was Kerry Wood a great prospect? Just curious. He was a beast in highschool so I think he would be but im not sure.

[Yoda]

Ok heres one...

Scott Kazmir was traded for Victor Zambrano.

Not at all. Kazmir was a highly touted prospect and there were rumors that he would be traded for Randy Johnson (past not present). Thats why Steve Phillips works in a broadcast booth and not for a professional team.

Was Kerry Wood a great prospect? Just curious. He was a beast in highschool so I think he would be but im not sure.

Yes Wood made the majors as a 21 yo so he didn't come out of nowhere.

[Another Blown Save]

Ok heres one...

Scott Kazmir was traded for Victor Zambrano.

Not at all. Kazmir was a highly touted prospect and there were rumors that he would be traded for Randy Johnson (past not present). Thats why Steve Phillips works in a broadcast booth and not for a professional team.

Was Kerry Wood a great prospect? Just curious. He was a beast in highschool so I think he would be but im not sure.

Steve Phillips didn't do that trade, it was Jim Duquette
For the 100th time

[Eagle Baseball]

Dallas Green knew of Ryne Sandberg and was able to get Philly to add him as a throw in on a Bowa for DeJesus trade.

[IVIisfits138]

After the Rays took him from the Astros because they left him unprotected, than we traded him

I know this is about hitters but Abreu and Santanta were both rule 5 picks from Houston.

Wow, Santana was too? Astros player development guys sucks

Astros had to choose between Hidalgo and Abreu at the time. Prior to Hidalgo getting shot it appeared that he was going to be a solid, if not better choice.

[markj11]

I guess since everyone is mentioning pitches (I thought the OP said something about just hitters) I'll throw in Mariano Rivera.

[soccerballer002]

That Babe Ruth guy that was named after the candy bar...he wasn't even in Baseball America's database so obviously no one had heard of him...

[CineMamet]

Cole Hamels;

He wasn't born he just appeared in a puff of smoke

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not but Cole Hamels has always been a highly touted prospect.

Cole Hamels outpitched Steve Carlton before he was even born.

Cole Hamels, while still in his mother's womb, invented a time machine, went back and tossed a no-hitter against the 27 Yankees. This is a little-known fact.