Pedro Baez

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a good track record of being able to convert position players into pitchers in their minor league system. They had great success with current closer Kenly Jansen a former minor league catcher and their current project is converted minor league third baseman Pedro Baez. The Dodgers recognized the fact that these two players had live arms but their hitting was not coming around enough to get them to the major league level. Pedro Baex made Baseball America's Top Thirty prospect list for the Dodgers a couple of years ago but was mired in the low minors until he was converted. After only 88 games as a minor league pitcher, he has been brought up to help in the Dodgers bullpen. He has pitched in 11 games at the major league level and logged 14 2/3 innings with a 1.88 ERA. Not bad for a player that couldn't hit his weight.