Scott Mathieson

Scott Mathieson 

Scott William Mathieson (conceived February 27, 1984) is a Canadian expert baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball. 

While playing for the Langley Blaze of the B.C. Head Baseball League, Mathieson was drafted in the seventeenth round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft – 509th generally speaking – by the Phillies. He made his expert introduction in the Gulf Coast League (GCL), running 0–2 with an earned run normal of 5.40 in seven recreations. In 2003, he ran 2–7 with a 5.52 ERA in the GCL. That year, he additionally contributed six flawless innings one diversion for the Batavia Muckdogs of the New York–Penn League, including 7 strikeouts. In 2004, he pitched for the Lakewood BlueClaws of the South Atlantic League, running 8–9 with an ERA of 4.32 and 112 strikeouts. In 2005, he kept on demonstrating change. In spite of the fact that he went 3–8 for the Clearwater Threshers of the FSL, he had an ERA of 4.14, 118 strikeouts, and just 34 strolls in 121 2⁄3 innings. Amid the season, he additionally contributed the All-Star Futures Game for the World group. After the season, he was named by Baseball America as the Phillies' fourth-best prospect and the association's best right-gave pitching prospect. 

Mathieson made his real class make a big appearance June 17, 2006, losing to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7–2. Matheison endured an elbow harm September 2 that required Tommy John surgery. 

Mathieson started a restoration program late in the 2007 season, however expelled himself from an amusement August 31 while pitching for Double-A Reading when he felt "an abnormal sensation in his elbow." The Phillies reported September 4 that Mathieson would not return amid 2007 because of aggravation of the ulnar nerve. Mathieson was booked to play in the 2007 Arizona Fall League with the Peoria Saguaros, yet didn't. 

Starting at 2009, Mathieson was contributing for the GCL Phillies his push to come back to the major leagues. 

On June 17, 2010, Mathieson was reviewed from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs to the Philadelphia Phillies, where he stayed for half a month. He likewise spent parts of the 2011 season with the club notwithstanding his time with Lehigh Valley. 

In November 2011, Mathieson was discharged from the Phillies to seek after contributing open doors Asia. He marked with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan on December 2, 2011. 

With the finish of the 2016 NPB season, his fifth year in Japan with the Yomiuri Giants, Mathieson had showed up in 300 diversions as a help pitcher, accumulating a 21-20 record with 2.32 ERA and 43 spares. He has 353 strikeouts and a 1.08 WHIP generally speaking in NPB.