- Ángel Guzmán
Infobox MLB player
width = 150
name = Ángel Guzmán
team = Chicago Cubs
number = 37
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1981|12|14
birthplace =Caracas ,Venezuela
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = April 26
debutyear = 2006
debutteam = Chicago Cubs
statyear = September 30, 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 0-7
stat2label =Earned run average
stat2value = 6.00
stat3label =Strikeout s
stat3value = 96
teams =
*Chicago Cubs (by|2006-present)Ángel Moisés Guzmán (born
December 14 ,1981 inCaracas, Venezuela ) is apitcher inMajor League Baseball who plays for theChicago Cubs . Listed at 6-3 (190 cm), 195 pounds (88 kg), Guzmán bats and throwsright-handed . His brotherDaniel Guzmán is adrummer for theVenezuela n rock band Subsonus. He made his major league debut onApril 26 , mlby|2006.Guzmán began his professional career at age 18. That year, he went 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA for
La Pradera in theVenezuelan Summer League . In by|2001, he led a strong staff for theBoise Hawks , going 9-1 with a 2.23 ERA, 19 walks and 63strikeout s in 77 innings pitched. He was second in theNorthwest League in ERA, trailingJesse Foppert , and he led the league in wins. He made the league All-Star team as the righty starter; the lefty wasDontrelle Willis , a teammate. He was rated the #4 prospect in the league according to "Baseball America ", two spots ahead of Willis.Fact|date=August 2008Guzmán had two dominating stints in the
Chicago Cubs farm system in by|2002, going 5-2 with a 1.89 ERA for theLansing Lugnuts and 6-2, 2.39 with theDaytona Cubs . He was the #13 prospect in theMidwest League and #11 in theFlorida State League according to "Baseball America". In by|2003, he went 3-3 with a 2.81 ERA for theWest Tenn Diamond Jaxx , striking out 87 and walking 26 in 90 innings of work. He was rated the ninth-best prospect in the Southern League and picked to perform in theAll-Star Futures Game , but was unable to do so when he injured his right shoulder, cutting his year short. The by|2004 season was basically a lost one — he had a 5.60 ERA and 0-3 record for West Tenn and 3-1, 4.20 for Daytona in a total of 11 starts. The next year saw even less usage as he threw in four games for theAZL Cubs (with 17 strikeouts and one walk in 12 innings pitched) and two for thePeoria Chiefs .Fact|date=August 2008Guzmán finally made it to AAA, with the 2006
Iowa Cubs , three years after his AA debut. He was 4-4 with a 4.04 ERA. He also made 15 appearances in the majors in 2006 (10 of them starts) for the Cubs, going 0-6 with a 7.39 ERA, but with more than a strikeout per inning.2007 season
Guzmán started the by|2007 season with the Cubs in the
bullpen , but was sent down to the minors to gain more innings of work due to a crowded staff. He gained an opportunity when the Cubs fifth starterWade Miller was injured onApril 22 . Since the Cubs had several off-dates in their schedule, Guzmán had the opportunity for a few additional starts, but did not impress the Cubs managerLou Piniella by pitching poorly at the Triple-A level.Guzmán took advantage of the opportunity by giving up only one run in five innings of work against the
Washington Nationals . [http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-070506cubsbits,1,5920385.story?coll=cs-cubs-headlines] While he did not gain the win in the Cubs 4-3 victory, it did impress Piniella.Piniella stuck with Guzmán for three starts before targeting him as a future setup man or closer.
Guzmán was replaced by
Sean Marshall as the fifth starter onMay 22 . [http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-070522cubsbits,1,4871807.story?coll=cs-cubs-headlines]References
External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/guzmaan01.shtml His statistics at Baseball Reference.com]
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7280 Yahoo bio]
* [http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=425768 Minor League Splits and Situational Stats]
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