Dewon Brazelton, RHP, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, -3.0 bWAR
Coming out of small school Middle Tennessee State, there was nothing small about the person of Dewon Brazelton. A large man on the mound, Brazelton possessed big stuff with the ability to move quickly in the eyes of many evaluators who considered him a legit option as the top pick among great names in the 2001 draft like Mark Teixeira, Joe Mauer, and Mark Prior.
Without having ever throwing a professional pitch, Brazelton was ranked the #57 prospect in all of baseball. He then threw very well between AA and AAA in his first pro season to earn a call up to the majors in his first professional season, keeping him in the top 100 prospects, though down to #74 overall.
Brazelton was up to the majors a month into the 2003 season to take a rotation spot, but it did not go well, as he posted a 6.89 ERA (and a 9+ FIP!) over 10 starts before being demoted to work on his mechanics.
Brazelton spent the next season bouncing between AAA and the majors before moving to the bullpen in 2005. The Rays traded him that offseason to the Padres for Sean Burroughs in an exchange of disappointing prospects. He bounced between AAA and San Diego in 2006 before finishing his career with a minor league season split between the Royals organization and Pirates organization in 2007.
He played his last game for an affiliated team at age 2007, but he did make some appearances in independent leagues in 2009 and 2010.