Ironman92;383659 wrote:You can't put him in the HOF....but you can't discredit anything about tonight.




against the Pirates....big whoop 14K with 94 pitches in 7 inn......and struck out the last 7 batters!

Last pitch of the night was 99 mph.

Not many start their careers looking like Dwight Gooden at age 20.

Strasburg outpitched his tremendous hype. Enjoy his stuff while he has it, whether it be for 5 more outings or 20 years...you gotta appreciate greatness......how could he have done better?

Swamp Fox;383948 wrote:I think it would be fairly safe to say that this kid is the real deal. Now, being the eternal pessimist about things like this, how long will it be before this kid is wearing a Dodger or Yankee uniform? I hope he has a wonderful career as a Washington pitcher and brings some excitement and hope to those of us who root like crazy for our favorite teams, hoping against hope that the good players are able to stay around and reward our patience with an occasional World Series visit. My Dad would be very excited about this young man because my father was born in D. C. and loved his original Washington Senators and God were they bad, but he loved them just the same. This kid would have probably added years to my Dad's life. RIP Dad, I think the old Senators are making a move!

mucalum49;383977 wrote: He doesn't have a fatal flaw in his motion similar to Prior

lhslep134;383998 wrote:Not sure what you're saying. Are you saying that like Prior, there's no flaw in his motion, or are you saying that Prior had a flaw? Because I'm pretty sure Prior's form was perfect until the fluke injury running into Marcus Giles threw his health into a fatal tailspin.

lhslep134;383998 wrote:Not sure what you're saying. Are you saying that like Prior, there's no flaw in his motion, or are you saying that Prior had a flaw? Because I'm pretty sure Prior's form was perfect until the fluke injury running into Marcus Giles threw his health into a fatal tailspin.

At least six years according to free agency rules. Probably longer as I am sure the Nats will sign him to an extension similar to Longoria getting a 9 year extension a week after his MLB debut.

mucalum49;384019 wrote:Back when I was playing ball I read some in depth analysis that basically said Prior had something he did which added additional stress to his arm. Pitching as they say is a pretty violent motion and his slow, stress-free motion actually put more stress on his elbow and shoulder than if he would have had a quicker motion. Again that is just from my memory, I tried to look up the article but found a breakdown of Prior's mechanics which show other issues.

http://www.chrisoleary.com/Projects/Baseball/Pitching/rethinkingpitching/Essays/MarkPriorPitchingMechanics.html

I was meaning that from all analysis from coaches/former players I have heard about Strasburg is that his power comes mostly from his lower half as it should and that his arm slot and pace takes a lot of stress off of the shoulder and elbow.

CinciX12;383190 wrote:I would have loved nothing more than him to pitch the other day against Cincinnati and get drilled. And as amazing and weird as it feels to even say this as a Reds fan, they didn't send him out then because of the Cincinnati offense, he will go 6+ and give up less than 2 ER tonight because lets face it they planned who they were sending him out against.

Ironman92;384178 wrote:Just going by "stuff" in general...I've not seen anyone that nasty with his stuff since the game Kerry Wood struck out 20.

It's pretty simple....if teams don't look for the heater and hit it or get lucky enough to see the potentially hittable changeup...they will whiff just as often as that curveball will make 99% of the MLB hitters stupid. He's not going to do it all the time or even 1/3 of the time....but don't tell me that pitcher can't strike out 12+ of any MLB team.....and if he does this 2 or 3 more times before the all-star break....well we'll have Fernando-mania times 5. This kid could a sports fan savior these summer months as he may take up some of the LeBron/Tiger/Farve talk.