Stephen Strasburg

[jbatesm]

What is everyone's oppinion on Strasburg? I am watching his debut right now and he's got some dirty stuff. I hope that he gets a chance to play on a winning team eventually. He really won't get the credit he deserves until then. He does have a bright future though.

 

[Hogger]

I think the team he's on now is going to be pretty good pretty soon. As is he.

 

[Marginal]

Common man, his MLB career* ERA is 4.5, he is going no where... fast.

 

[Hogger]

Common man, his MLB career* ERA is 4.5, he is going no where... fast.

Well, he should be a decent middle reliever at least.

 

[Marginal]

Down to 3 now

 

[Gr3atness]

14k 0bb

nuff said

 

[Juniorsdaddy]

I'm going to the game tomorrow to see him pitch. It'll be interesting to see what he does to my light-hitting team after what he did to the Pirates.

 

[umpinpa22]

nationals defense?

till they stop making errors like last night and throwing to wrong base on a fly ball he will continue to lose a few close games! he can't make the plays for them or strike every batter out! a damn good pitcher though!

 

[AUPhoenix]

I here a great kid and I think he is going to be something special in the major leagues. His first outings were so good becasue no one had faced him yet now the hitters have figured him out. I think he will now adjust and be a dominant pitcher in the league for years to come.

 

[IamBP]

I hope he is the next great pitcher. I would love to be able to talk about him the way my Dad and my grandpa talk about watching the greats of their generations.

 

[PlayerPlayerAA]

I agree with Hogger, the team he is on is on the up.
About 2 months ago, he pitched a minor league game against the Phillies here in Reading, missed it though

 

[Gesshoo]

He had another solid game last night. 6 IP 1 run.

He is consistently making good players play and miss. He has played enough games now for the other teams' coaches to have "figured him out" - but he can still throw 6 innings for 1 run. Nobody is beating him up.

To do that after only 7 games or so is outstanding - he is the "real deal".

 

[Kenzie 96]

From what I have read, has an excellent head to, so barring the injury bug, could be a great one.
Also, congrats to the ah, brains, that run Baseball for keepin him out of the Allstar game.

 

[beardyian]

Also, congrats to the ah, brains, that run Baseball for keepin him out of the Allstar game.

agreed, you should have at least have more than 2 months of playing before you get selected

 

[MDTed]

I live in the MD suburbs of DC so we get the Strasburg hype here continually.

For those of you that follow baseball, remember the first year of Felix Hernandez? They called him "King Felix" but his first year wasn't so good. So I certainly don't expect Strasburg to do a whole lot better this first year.

He's doing a good job but certainly not great. He's allowing way too many HR's and he's pitching too deep in counts. He needs to learn to be more Greg Maddux than Nolan Ryan, if he keeps doing the strikeouts he's likely to never pitch a complete game because of pitch count.

 

[Kenzie 96]

agreed, you should have at least have more than 2 months of playing before you get selected

The thing is Ian, baseball continues to decline in popularity & anything they can do to spike interest ought to be done.

 

[Kenzie 96]

The thing is Ian, baseball continues to decline in popularity & anything they can do to spike interest ought to be done.

I see they set a record for lowest ratings ever, congrats Commish, ya still got it goin.

 

[crow27]

If his arm holds together, I think he will be the next great pitcher. His stuff is just sick. He throws just like any other young pitcher, misses too much trying to be perfect. Also big league hitters/ softball sized ball parks make it alot easier to hit home runs. Any idiot could hit 20 HR in Yankee stadium for god sake. ( just an example) Give him 3-4 yrs to figure the mental part of pitching out and he'll be fine.

 

[robert_wrath]

Strasburg is the Nationals best pitcher. Give him 2 more seasons for him to be a major contender for the Cy Young Award. If his agent is smart, he'll leave Washington for more big money.

 

[jho]

This guy is looking amazing so far. I might have to make a decision on whether to keep him or Lincecum in a fantasy league...