Usually, when a pitcher is able to throw his fastball with triple-digit velocity you can be almost certain that he'll also have trouble controlling it. This is not the case with San Diego State's Stephen Strasburg. Strasburg regularly blows up radar guns and he does it with a minuscule walk rate.
Strasburg is almost guaranteed to be the first pick of the 2009 Amateur Draft and become the property of the Washington Nationals. The Nationals cannot afford to screw up another first round pick and that is exactly what they would be doing by selecting anyone else. Scouts and analysts are rating him higher than even the very best picks of recent years. Only freaks like Doc Gooden and pitchers of that rare ability even come close.
| Pitching Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Lvl | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SV | IP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | K9 | WHIP | |||
| 2007 | 18 | NCAA | 1 | 3 | 2.43 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 4.4 | 0 | 3.6 | 11 | 0.89 | |||
| 2008 | 19 | NCAA | 8 | 3 | 1.57 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 97 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 12 | 0.79 | |||
San Diego State Aztecs Profile Page
Jason Churchill's Prospect Insider - Stephen Strasburg
Strasburg's WikiPedia Page
The Washington Post collects gushy quotes about Strasburg
