Posted March 24, 200916 yr comment_758424 Kid throws 100mph plus with regularity. Cool story, and plays for one of the best hitters to ever play in the bigs, Tony Gwynn. [url="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-strasburg032409&prov=yhoo&type=lgns"]http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-s...o&type=lgns[/url]
March 24, 200916 yr comment_758441 My arm hurts watching his highlight video. That's impressive speed.
March 25, 200916 yr comment_758462 The bigger story here is that this little bastard has hired Scott Boras, and they plan on demanding an absurd $50M deal - to match the one the Red Sux gave Matsuzaka - or else he's taking him to Japan. The most ever given to a draft pick is, I believe, like $11.5 mill., and a few years ago MLB implemented a 'strict' slotting system for draft picks. God, would I love to strangle that man.
March 25, 200916 yr Author comment_758467 [quote name='Go Tory Go!' post='758462' date='Mar 24 2009, 09:23 PM']The bigger story here is that this little bastard has hired Scott Boras, and they plan on demanding an absurd $50M deal - to match the one the Red Sux gave Matsuzaka - or else he's taking him to Japan. The most ever given to a draft pick is, I believe, like $11.5 mill., and a few years ago MLB implemented a 'strict' slotting system for draft picks. God, would I love to strangle that man.[/quote] He won't get 50 mil, but he will get a TON of guaranteed money, which, as the article lays out, is probably ridiculous for a guy with this kind of flame-throwing, considering the article details the very short careers of just about everyone else that's ever been an MLB pitcher with this kind of velocity. That said, I'm rooting for the kid.
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