Kazmir is a reclamation project, who may have something seriously wrong with his arm, and may have to retire shortly. Kind of like when we signed BJ Ryan a few years back.

Gorzelanny is relatively successful in MLB this year.

I mean, they are both left-handed pitchers. Outside of that, I don’t see any aspect of their situations that are similar whatsoever, even in the abstract.

 The joke of the sports world and all of us are die hard fans…how can we criticize anyone else?

One, I’ve seen him pitch, two, I trust Mie Scioscia’s judgment implicitly when it comes to these kinds of things. Plus, the Angels ate $14.5M by cutting him. They do that, something ain’t right. No one presently employed by the Cubs has the wherewithal to work miracles:

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/15/sports/la-sp-0616-angels-fyi-20110616

Considered one of the game’s best young left-handers in 2007, when he was 13-9 with a 3.48 earned-run average and an American League-leading 239 strikeouts, Kazmir was 9-15 with a 5.94 ERA last season.

 The 27-year-old made one start for the Angels this season, giving up five runs and five hits, walking two and hitting two in 12/3 innings at Kansas City on April 3.

 The Angels put Kazmir on the disabled list because of lower-back tightness and sent him to extended spring training in Arizona for a month in hopes he would find a consistent delivery.

 But once he began a minor league rehabilitation assignment with triple-A Salt Lake, Kazmir deteriorated rapidly, going 0-5 with a 17.02 ERA in five starts, giving up 22 hits in 151/3 innings. He walked 20, struck out 14 and hit six.

 Not only did Kazmir lose considerable velocity on his fastball, which used to hit 94 mph, he lost command of all of his pitches. In one start, he threw three pitches behind the backs of right-handed hitters.

 “I’m stunned, because I remember how good he was,” Angels pitcher Dan Haren said. "I think some of it was mental, because physically, he’s in great shape. The obvious thing is the drop in velocity, but with age, most pitchers lose velocity.

 “It’s a matter of learning how to pitch with less. Whether it was him not accepting he doesn’t throw hard any more or still trying to figure out how to pitch at 88 mph, it never came together for him.”

 Reagins and former Angels GM Bill Stoneman were in Salt Lake for Kazmir’s last start Tuesday, when he was tagged for six runs and five hits in 12/3 innings.