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San Diego State Pitching Phenom


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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]
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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.
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[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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