The Cubs Need to Draft this Kid

This guy has some heat. There is a video on the page showing a lot from a recent 23 K performance.

He reminds me of Kerry Wood.

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I saw this....

very impressive

I didn't get the players I wanted in the offseason!! Hopefully I get what I want in the Regular Season---The World Series Trophy!! Go Cubbies!!

by cubsluver22 on Mar 24, 2009 9:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ain't no way

The Cubs are gonna draft this kid. He will be LONG gone by the time the Cubs draft.

"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray

by Archie on Mar 24, 2009 9:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

This has been a topic for months now..this kid wont make it past the first overall pick. Unless we can somehow convince Boras we will pay 20mil for a kid.

ROSE DRIVES TO THE HOOP...
its like a comb through Vinny's hair.

by Rudey on Mar 24, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the Nationals take him

but worst case scenario, either San Diego or Seattle would jump all over it.

A cautionary note would be that, someone did an analysis of his mechanics and thought that there might be Mark Prior type problems down the line. I’ll try to dig that up.

by toonsterwu on Mar 25, 2009 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Zero chance

He’ll fall to the Cubs. He’s been the hot talk for awhile now.

by rlpete on Mar 24, 2009 10:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope you're joking

The Nationals will take him with the #1 pick. Strasburg is not exactly an unknown—everyone last season knew he’d be the first pick in the draft this year and since then he’s only gotten better.

There is zero chance that the Cubs will have a chance to draft Strasburg. Heck, there’s zero chance San Diego will draft him and maybe a 0.00001% chance Seattle will draft him.

He’ll be pitching for the Nationals next season.

by Josh77 on Mar 25, 2009 1:36 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree

There was a segment on Sportscenter early this last weekend about the kid. IIRC they stated that he could be contributing to a ML team by June.

Absolutely no chance he is drafted by the Cubs.

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." ~ Frank Sinatra

by DMCub on Mar 25, 2009 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

only problem

with Strasburg pitching this season is that he won’t sign early enough. Boras is his agent.

by Josh77 on Mar 25, 2009 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

slurve

i commented on this in the fanpost of this.

there is a yahoo article that talks about him, and it mentions his breaking pitch is a curve with slider speed. which made me sick and reminded me of kerry also, in a bad way.

kerry mentioned that the astros 20K game probably had as much to do with his elbow damage as anything else. i hope for better for this kid, but i suspect the same…

by fajita on Mar 25, 2009 3:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

But let’s bear in mind he’s doing all this against college hitters. Even the most powerful power pitchers can get a rude awakening when they’re standing on the mound with 40,000 pairs of eyes on them and a major league hitter staring back at them. Of course, seeing as how he’ll be pitching for the Nationals, it’ll probably be more like 15,000 pairs of eyes. (YES! Went a long way for that joke, but I nailed it!)

"That little kid at second base - he is after a job, isn't he?" ~ Lou Piniella, 3/9/09

by dat cubfan daver on Mar 25, 2009 9:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Even if he is doing this against college hitters

he is doing what nobody else has. He is still becoming the most dominant college pitcher we’ve seen, and he is still only 20. I don’t think anybody here is saying that his stats will carry over into the majors but the kid still has the potential to be an ace for a major league club for many years.

Derrick Rose-2009 ROTY Tyrus Thomas-2009 MIP...hope I'm at least half right

by CHCOWNTHECENTRAL on Mar 25, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There was Mark Prior

and yes, Prior was that good in college. Well, close to that good—Prior never threw 100 mph.

by Josh77 on Mar 25, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clemens as well

pre roids at Texas

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

by Cubbie-Tim on Mar 25, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clemens

threw hard at Texas, but he wasn’t exactly a slam-dunk dominating college pitcher, as evidenced by the fact that he was the 19th pick in the 1983 Draft. Tim Belcher went 18 picks earlier that year (Didn’t sign).

by Josh77 on Mar 25, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The last "slam dunk can't miss" college pitcher I remember before Prior was Ben McDonald ('89)

Honorable Mention goes to Kris Benson in ’96

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Mar 25, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sid finch

by tim815 on Mar 25, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sidd's kid will be going pro this year

Press conference scheduled for 4/1

"I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'" - Jim Leyland

by flachimesa on Mar 26, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

too bad you cannot trade draft picks

like in other sports

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

by Cubbie-Tim on Mar 25, 2009 10:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We wouldn't have enough to trade for him

by Josh77 on Mar 25, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If there's another pitcher

to look at similar to this guy, it’s left hander Albertin Chapman of Cuba. If anyone saw him pitch in the WBC, you saw what he was capable of. His fastball was around 100 (some say 102) and had a nasty curve. Obviously, the problem is the whole Cuban Government thing, but the kid is for real.

I believe his age is a concern though. Some reports have him at 21, others at 22, and still others at 24.

by jerry morales rules on Mar 25, 2009 11:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs