Which MLB players might actually be Pokemon evolutions of other players?

Next month marks the 20th anniversary of the original Japanese release of Pokemon Red and Blue for GameBoy. It's a good time to reflect on one of the best aspects of the Pokemon phenomenon: the pocket monsters' names. When Pokemon evolve, names tend to get more intricate or intense in a way that signifies a leveling up. Charmander becomes Charmeleon becomes Charizard, for example:

And Abra becomes Kadabra becomes Alakazam:

(Images via Pokemon Database)

It's a good system.

Let's apply the same principle to ballplayers. If you took every MLB roster and uploaded it into Pokemon Red, here are a few evolutions we might see based on names and names alone.

Wade Miley evolves into ...

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Drew Smyly.

Matt Sczcur evolves into ...

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Max Scherzer.

James Shields evolves into ...

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Delino DeShields.

Mike Trout evolves into ...

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Anthony Bass.

Greg Bird evolves into ...

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Bubba Starling.

Darren O'Day evolves into ...

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Brandon Morrow.

And two three-level evolutions:

Bud Norris evolves into ...

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Tyler Flowers, who evolves into ... Pedro Florimon.

Jon Gray evolves into ...

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Charlie Blackmon, who evolves into ... Clayton Blackburn.

Does this make Blackburn Charizard?