Stephen Strasburg
21 posts
Poof, It's Gone
Elite pitching with World Class velocity will be short lived. The human arm is not built to accelerate and decelerate at the speeds and angles required to throw a baseball over 90 mph. The risks to ill effects increases…
2014 MLB Season Preview
It's been a brutally cold winter across most of the Northern hemisphere this year, with feeble warmth from the hot stove. We are ready for warm weather and ballgames. At least the ballgames start this week. Let's look…
Prospecting for Arms ft. Kyle Gibson
Rumors abound that the Minnesota Twins may be charting out a course for Kyle Gibson to join the Major League team's rotation. He's probably one of the five best starters in the Twins organization, but how much of an…
Who Should Win the MVP?
Buster Olney got it started early this morning... In the wide open AL Cy Young race, the frontrunners from here look to be: 1. Felix Hernandez. 2. Verlander. 3. Weaver. As of today. — Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) August…
First Half MLB Awards
It's the All-Star Break. Time to see how our MLB Awards ballots would look if voting on performances of the first half. AL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award 1. Mike Trout , Angels Trout has many reasons to smile…
MLB's 24 Under 24
Some of you may have participated in a Major League Soccer promotion called 24 under 24 . As the name implies, MLS is highlighting 24 of their brightest young stars, under the age of 24. Fredy Montero is a beacon of…
Rookie of the Year Ballots
It occurred to us last night that at the conclusion of this year's regular season, we posted our picks for the Cy Young and MVP winners but failed to enter a ballot for the AL and NL Rookies of the Year. I guess R.O.Y.…
Britney Spears & 2010 Pitching Debuts
Remember last year, when we wrote this piece called Power Arms of the Future ? We wanted to celebrate how impressed we were with performances from young pitchers like Mat Latos, Tommy Hanson, and Neftali Feliz. The next…
Pictures: NL Rookies
We've been blessed with exciting rookies this year. Just the National League has a
Nerd Alert: FIP, Pitch f/x, & xFIP
Since the All Star Break, Stephen Strasburg had two starts and went on the Disabled List with "shoulder inflammation". Coincidentally, Josh Beckett just came off a long DL stint of his own to start two games since the…
Irasshaimase, Jose Tabata
This week may be remembered as the time the Blackhawks won their 4th Stanley Cup AND one of the great weeks of Major League debuts in history. We already celebrated everyone's All-American, Stephen Strasburg , demolish…
JoPo's Strasburg Live Blog
Blog favorite, Joe Posnanski, is doing a live blog for Stephen Strasburg's debut. We were thinking of doing the same but are more than happy to sit back, relax, and enjoy Poz's thoughts on the inning-by-inning action.…
Working Some Trades
This post sprung from a chain of emails that started with our good friend, Mulhearn, emailing me the following: "What was more impress last night. Dice-K pitching 3 hit ball with no walkers, or the Celtics destroying…
Drew Storen's Best Teammate
Stephen Strasburg and Drew Storen were drafted in the 1st round by the Washington Nationals last June. We expect both of them to contribute with the big club in Washington later this year, but they have begun the season…
2010 Power Arms Pro Debut
Today was a memorable day due to the professional debuts of Mike Leake , Stephen Strasburg , and the mysterious Aroldis Chapman . All three performances were impressive. Here are a few notes from those that are in the…
Rotisserie Pillars
Anticipation for the new season is abundant. As the creative juices of the ol' blog percolate on the hot stove, we should have a few blog posts in the next several days. This is just a collection of quick notes to, as…
Osh's Intriguing List
So, Brilliant Reader Osh's fantasy draft is tonight. He emailed me yesterday asking if I'd be around as a lifeline during his draft. At the end of the email, he sent a list of players he found "intriguing", and I found…
Who Are These Guys?
Thoughts from watching the first round of the MLB draft on the MLB Network... Bud Selig is such a bad public speaker. He's such an old curmudgeon, and he comes off as an absolute dinosaur who's never cared for anything…
It's Draft Day!
Tonight's the night. Steven Strasburg, Dustin Ackley, and their peers will be getting drafted tonight and tomorrow based on their physical tools, statistics, projections, and signability . This past weekend, Peter…
Getting Drafty
This could be the first time we've checked with ESPN's MLB Draft Blog , but we found something remarkable in Sunday's post by Jason A. Churchill . One assistant scouting director's expectation for the top half of the…
Greetings from Mahopac
We are spending the weekend with friends in Mahopac, NY. Quickly, I wanted to make note of a few things that we've noticed the last few days. Rich Hill is Back! Congratulations to the Orioles. Rich Hill came back…
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