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Fantasy Baseball: The Stephen Strasburg Era Begins

June 9, 2010 at 12:36 pm | Fantasy Baseball
By: The Bad Guy

Hey Yo. The Bad Guy is here to dissect Stephen Strasburg’s first major league start. I’m sure everyone from ESPN to Helen Thomas has an opinion on the phenoms performance, but here is NQTC’s take.

Flat. Out. Disgusting. When you look at the box score, you’ll see the following – 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB (ya that’s right, not one walk) and 14 redonkulous strikeouts. I mean forget about it. Get out of town. Never seen anything like it before. EVER. Dirty breaking stuff. Filthy movement on his fastball. Triple Digit cheese. Strasburg literally dominated the Pirates. It was like watching Picasso paint a masterpiece. When he got behind in the count, he battled back to get guys out. When he got ahead of them, it was over. His only mistake of the night came on a changeup to Delwyn Young in the fourth inning, which barely cleared the right field fence for a two run HR. The problem is that Strasburg throws so hard that his changeup (which was clocked in the low 90′s) looks like the average fastball. Once he is able to slow it down to around 87 or 88 mph, he might be – dare I say it – unhittable. Listen, this was by far the most hyped up regular season game of 2010 and possibly the most heavily anticipated major league debut of all time, and to think that Strasburg came out of the gate and exceeded the sky high expectations by mowing down batter after batter is truly something special. We have simply never seen a pitcher with four plus pitches in his arsenal, and if last night was any indication, he is well on his way to having what looks to be a very illustrious career. His next appearance should come on Sunday (6/13) in Cleveland against the Indians, who as a team are currently ranked in the bottom five in R, HR, and RBI. If he’s even half as good as he was last night, he should have no problem racking up another W.

P.S. From a fantasy perspective, it’s highly unlikely you’d be able to acquire his services after a performance like that. For those of you that are lucky enough to own him, sit back and enjoy the ride.