SCOTT NESTOR

8/20/84; '03 14th (Florida); Chaffey College
R/R; 6-4, 220

Level	W-L-Sv	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	K	BB/9	K/9	WHIP	OAVG	ERA
2003 R (Fla)	4-1-0	12	0	25.1	20	0	16	27	5.7	9.6	1.42	.211	2.49
2004 A (Fla)	2-0-0	23	0	39.2	46	3	25	34	5.7	7.7	1.79	.282	6.35
2005 A (Fla)	4-6-2	58	0	72.2	59	7	46	80	5.7	9.9	1.45	.227	3.96
2006 AA (Fla)	2-2-0	12	0	13.1	18	1	13	13	8.8	8.8	2.33	.310	7.43
2006 A+ (Fla)	2-2-10	33	0	39.1	19	0	26	48	5.9	11.0	1.14	.142	2.52
2007 AA (Fla)	2-4-1	58	0	75.0	65	5	41	86	4.9	10.3	1.41	.233	4.44
2008 AAA (Fla)	1-1-0	55	0	61.2	54	9	49	64	7.2	9.3	1.67	.234	7.44
2009 AAA (Phi)	0-0-0	2	0	1.0	1	0	9	2	81.0	18.0	10.00	.250	45.00
2009 AA (Phi)	0-0-0	3	0	4.0	3	1	6	4	13.5	9.0	2.25	.214	11.25
2009 AA	2-3-10	33	0	42.1	35	7	29	47	6.2	10.0	1.51	.229	5.31

The Pirates signed Nestor to a minor league contract after his release by the Phillies, who'd claimed him off waivers from Florida.  The Pirates and Marlins seem to share an interest in raw, strong-armed pitchers; in recent years both have employed Henry Owens, Ronald Belisario, and now Nestor, who throws in the mid-90s, occasionally harder.  He also throws a hard slider and a cutter.  He's had success only sporadically in the minors due to poor control, a problem that seems to have grown the last couple years.  The Pirates assigned him to Altoona and used him as a closer.  He got his stuff under somewhat better contol than it had been in 2008 and early 2009, but walks, and gopher balls, remained a problem.  Otherwise, he fanned a lot of hitters and didn't give up a lot of hits.  He'll be a free agent in the fall and will probably move on. 

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