Zack Grienke is already 25 and will be approaching his decline sooner than Strasburg will. I think Strasburg projects to have the type of minor league career that tim Lincecum did, which for the purposes of this survey, make him available for MLB use for nearly 8 years.

I love what Greinke does but 8 years of Strasburg is better than 5 years of Greinke at a good level and then 5 average years if that.

Without question one of the high-water marks of American culture of the past hundred years.

Results so far, I would have thought it would be closer to 60-40 with everyone buying the Strasburg hype. Maybe a more balanced battle would be either price or strasburg, both considered the best at what they do (price being the best lefty prospect that comes to mind, and strasburg the best righty)

Give me Greinke.

There are plenty of other young arms I’d take over Strasburg too. Porcello, Hanson, Bumgarner, and Feliz just to name a few.

rate of pitchers being as high as it is, i’ll take the guy who’s shown that he can weather a 30 odd starts and close to 200 innings a year…

i just realized i’ve restated what fanon said… but whatever

I really don’t see much of a difference in pure stuff either. Greinke has the velocity and he has the secondary pitches. SS may win a few cy youngs for all I know but Greinke is no fluke and I don’t see why he can’t continue what he has done so far.

Zack Greinke
-Can overcome mental illness(not saying that it won’t come back, it’s unlikely but he’s already overcome that once)
-Can throw 180 innings no problem year in and year out, he doesn’t have the track record yet, but I don’t think he has had a physical injury where he missed time(knock on wood), I wouldn’t think 200ip every year is out of reach
-Can put up a 3.50ERA and 1.30WHIP in the AL Central over a full year of starting.

Stephen Strasburg
-Can throw about 100 innings a year
-Can absolutely dominate….Mountain West conference hitting, I think he’s a great prospect, but I don’t think he can post nearly the number if he plays in the Big 12.

Strasburg is still the better prospect, but let’s remember that Kyle Gibson has pitched at Texas, vs A&M, vs Oklahoma, @Baylor, @KSU(and beat the then 9-0 AJ Morris), vs. Tech, @Nebraska and vs. Kansas

I really want to see who Strasburg has pitched against.

I know Strassy will command a huge contract but I don’t know whether it will top Greinke’s 38/4 contract. Greinke is looking for a big payday in 4 years and at that point, who knows?

Greinke is a proven commodity and he definitely has an edge right now but there is a good chance that Strassy will come in and dominate right away. Pretty close IMO.

was asked in the keith law chat wed.

but it’s not even close GREINKE easily

7-6-1-2-6 against the O’s

His ERA shot up to 0.60.

Nobody has mentioned yet is the difference in bats both pitchers face. How much better do metal bats make lesser players? I think it’s remarkable that Strasburg has given up only 54 hits in over 94 IP.

Human nature is so predictable. Anytime a hot new prospect comes along, first comes the hype, soon followed by the inevitable backlash of people trying to prove how smart they are by being contrarian. I’m sure in a year or two, Bryce Harper will be picked apart and dissected in a similar fashion.

You simply cannot perform at a higher level than Zach Greinke is, and he has everything you could ask for in a starting pitcher. An ace in the hand is worth two in the bush leagues.

His mechanics are very similar to Anthony Reyes and Mark Prior.

More in-depth analysis: http://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/Baseball/Pitching/ProfessionalPitcherAnalyses/StephenStrasburg.html

Greinke has fairly sound mechanics.

Here, people tend to go extra gaga over tools and 103 miles per hour (!!!!!) and projection and potential. That’s all fine.

But no matter how much of a “sure thing” Strasburg is, pitching in the Draft traditionally fails. A lot. Now, with two already-plus pitches, I imagine he could be a closer right now for a MLB team. But that would put him miles and miles behind Greinke in value to his team.

Greinke is 25. Sure, he won’t be a dominant ace when 2017 rolls around, but I’d wager he’ll be a 3-starter at the absolute worst. He isn’t just some incredible stuff hotshot. He spent all spring working on just his changeup, practically, throwing it countless times in ST games just to get a “good feel” for it. That gives him 4 plus pitches.

He ain’t going away in the next 10 years, folks, barring injury. Which, again, is in his favor, as Strasburg is still in the injury nexus. He’s much more likely to get hurt, particularly with his mechanics (from what I’ve read, I’m no mechanics expert or anything).

Greinke, Greinke, a million times Greinke. Now, obviously, Strasburg could be better than Greinke. That’s possible. He is posting ludicrous numbers in college, albeit against severely limited competition. But the chances are much, much, much higher that Greinke is better over the next 10 years.