If Strasburg was still a prospect..

by nyy601 on Apr 2, 2011 2:37 PM EDT

Where would he rank in your on your list? Possibly the best pitching prospect ever and he was amazing in the majors before his injury, but how much does the injury drop him in your opinion? A lot of pitchers come back from Tommy John, but does his injury risk put the top poisition players ahead of him? Would he still be the #1 pitching prospect in baseball?

Since I need 75 words, Strasburg's numbers in the majors last season:

68 IP, 12.18 K/9, 2.25 BB/9, 2.91 ERA, 2.08 FIP (wow)

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Where would you rank Strasburg?

the #1 prospect

109 votes

#1 pitching prospect, but not #1 overall

53 votes

not #1 pitching prospect, but still top 10 overall

33 votes

I hate arm injuries, he wouldn't be in my top 10

7 votes

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have you seen him pitch?

oh lawdy

by mladwig0 on Apr 3, 2011 9:56 AM EDT reply actions

Not sure how your hypothetical is meant to work

If I know what I know about how he performed in MLB, probably #1.

Without that knowledge, he’d drop down a good bit, into the bottom part of my top 10.

by nivarsity on Apr 3, 2011 3:21 PM EDT reply actions

TJ Surgery isn't serious

but his horrible mechanics are. Maybe a good closer.

Maybe Top 20

by METSMETSMETS on Apr 4, 2011 12:28 AM EDT reply actions

-1

I thought they were cleaning up his mechanics?

by mr. maniac on Apr 4, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

TJ isnt serious? Are you kidding me?

by pedrophile on Apr 4, 2011 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions

-2

mechanics aren’t “horrible” until someone blows out their elbow. Prior had supposed excellent mechanics.
I wonder how many of you arm chair experts would have decried “told you so” if Lincecum would have arm trouble.

by ScottAZ on Apr 5, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Funny that you ask this

Because I recently had a fantasy draft on a site where you are able to draft MLB and MiLB players at the same time, and if I’m not mistaken I drafted Strasburg before any prospects were taken other than guys like Hellickson who will be MLB regulars to start the season.

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