Shaun Marcum
- Toronto Blue Jays (2005-2010)
- Milwaukee Brewers (2011 -present)
Shaun Michael Marcum ( born December 14, 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri ) is a professional American baseball player and pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Career
2003
In 2003, Shaun Marcum in the third round ( 80th player overall than ) of the Major League Baseball Draft was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays. He quickly went through the minor leagues and was on 6 September 2005 against the Baltimore Orioles age of 24 made his debut in the MLB. He pitched one inning and confessed to the enemy a hit and a walk, but not run to. In addition, his first strikeout he succeeded.
2006
In 2006, Marcum played in 21 games for the Blue Jays. 14 times he was even allowed from the outset on the Mound. He won three times, but had also four times as losers from the square. His ERA was a bit high with a value of 5:06, but he showed an increasing trend towards the end of season.
2007
Marcum then managed the 2007 final breakthrough. He won twelve games and lost only just six times. Even his ERA, he improved to a very good level of 4.14. Overall, he pitched 159 innings and worked out thereby 122 strikeouts. During the season, many experts believed that he and other young pitchers the Blue Jays (especially Dustin McGowan, Jesse Litsch ) was awaiting a great future. Together with the experienced Roy Halladay and A. J. Burnett, they formed one of the best pitching staffs of the MLB.
2008
Marcum started the 2008 season very successful. Although he only won five straight games ( due to the weak offensive performance of the Blue Jays ), was to see that Marcum would soon play a major role in the organization of Toronto. In 98 2/3 innings he scored 86 strikeouts and his ERA was remarkable with a value of 2.65. As a result, the young pitcher but was thrown from a minor injury from the web. After a couple of mediocre performances, the Blue Jays sent him on August 23, to their farm team in Syracuse, where he should begin without pressure. He succeeded fairly well and in September returned Marcum already back in the starting rotation to the Blue Jays. Just when it looked as if he would find their way back to its old shape, but Marcum injured again, this time hard. The Blue Jays announced that Marcum a Tommy John Surgery would have to undergo, and thus would miss the rest of the season and probably the entire next season.
2009
The fears of his crew were confirmed. Although in the course of the 2009 season always reports about a possible early return of Marcum were made, the Blue Jays decided to initially use it only in their minor league teams. The Blue Jays played itself pretty weak at this time and so they did not want to risk due to lack of success, that the violation of Marcum breaks again.
End of 2009, sold the Blue Jays their longtime Star pitcher Roy Halladay, whose contract expired at the Philadelphia Phillies. Thus, the Blue Jays needed a new number one - pitcher. After an interesting competition during the pre-season, the Blue Jays announced that Marcum would take up this role.
2010
On April 5, 2010, he finally gave up after a long injury lay-off an extremely successful and convincing comeback. In the first game of the season " flirted " he with a no-hitter, on May 2, he picked up his first win of the season and although he allowed it on August 4, Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees, his 600th home run to beat, its values were again exceptional; Marcum won 13 games and reached an ERA of 3.64.
2011
Shaun Marcum was the Milwaukee Brewers getraded, in exchange for the young infielder Brett Lawrie On December 6, 2010. The Blue Jays so put a sign that they want in the future, put on their many young pitcher who had performed well in the shade Marcums. On April 2, 2011 Marcum debut at the Brewers.