Strasburg No-Hit Air Force on Friday night in his final home start of his college career.
Final line: 9-0-0-0-2-17
On the season, he's now 11-0, 1.24 ERA, 87.1 IP, 48 H, 17 BB, 164 Ks. This kid is the most hyped prospect ever in the draft era. It is being reported that Boras is going to ask $50 million for the Nats to sign him which is 5 times Mark Prior's record in 2001. Scouts say he could be an immediate impact player in 2009 if the Nats are willing to use him after the June draft. I doubt they are going to mess around with that giving the amount of money they are going to invest in him. You can listen to Baseball America's draft podcast here.
Evidence that Baseball Scouting is like playing darts:
This is straight from Baseball America's scouting report for Grienke in 2002
"He commands all three pitches very well, and scouts like his poise and mental toughness"
Draft Term:
Unprotected Pick: An Unprotected pick is one that is a compensatory pick from the previous draft for not signing a player. For example the Nationals have 2 picks in the top 10 (first time this has happened in the draft era) because they didn't sign 2008 1st round pick Aaron Crow, so if they don't sign the player they take with the 2008 compensatory pick, they will not receive an extra pick in 2010. This is why you will see them take a very safe player who is willing to sign for slot or below slot money.
Other News:
Baseball America Weekly Prospect Hotsheet
Minor League Notebook weekly Podcast
Alderson and Bumgarner Promoted to AA
Redsox promote RP Bard
Soria Placed on 15 Day DL
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2 comments:
Love the Podcast - nice addition to the blog.
I want you to have the most info possible to beat Mike in as many leagues as possible.
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