Scott Comer

Scott Allen Comer

• Bats Left, Throws left
• Height 6' 5", Weight 205 lb.
• High School Mazama High School

• Born June 23, 1977 in Klamath Falls, OR USA

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Biographical Information

Scott Comer pitched in the minor leagues from 1996 to 2000. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 10th round of the 1996 amateur draft out of Mazama High School just outside Klamath Falls, OR.

He began his pro career in 1996 with the GCL Mets, going 2-2, 2.16 in 13 games. He followed that up with an even better year in 1997, when he went 7-1, 1.74 in 14 starts for the Pittsfield Mets of the New York-Penn League, also striking out 98 men in 93 1/3 innings. He was thus considered a solid prospect when he was traded to the Miami Marlins on December 15, 1997, along with another good prospect in OF Fletcher Bates, in return for reliable reliever Dennis Cook. The Marlins had just won the 1997 World Series and had put together the core of a juggernaut team, but they decided to dismantle it as soon as they won the Series, in the first of the numerous fire sales for which the franchise became infamous. This course of action was considered shameful and cynical by everyone who witnessed it, and in turn it tainted many of the young players they acquired in the series of unbalanced trades they made to get rid of payroll. Bates was clearly a victim of this, although in Comer's case, arm troubles intervened right around the time he was ready to take the final step to the Show.

In his first season in the Marlins' system, he had another good year with the Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League, going 6-4, 2.87 in 15 games, with a K/W ratio of 85/9 in 97 1/3 innings. He managed to improve on that already tremendous ratio on 1999, with 85 strikeouts and just 5 walks in 130 innings for the Brevard County Manatees of the Florida State League. He went 9-4, 2.35 in 19 games, and the only knock against him was that he had yet to show durability. In 2000, he was promoted to the Portland Sea Dogs of the Eastern League, but things suddenly fell apart as he went 4-10, 6.42 in 25 games and found himself back in the FSL at one point, where he did not do any better. It was his final professional season.