He walked two, and struck out 17, without giving a hit. That's a pretty good line.
For the season, Strasburg is 11-0 with a 1.24 ERA. He's struck out 164 against just 17 walks in 87 1/3 innings while yielding just 48 hits. He's reached double digits in strikeouts in 11 of his 12 starts, and he's never walked more than two in one outing.Those numbers are just silly. That's a .74 whip. That's a k/bb of 9.65! Yea, you have to take college stats with a grain of salt, but Holy Shnikies!
I don't know much about the amateur draft, but I can't imagine there is a player other than Strasburg that is worth taking with the first overall pick. Even when you factor in the huge difference in cost. Pitchers are incredibly risky, but this has to be worth the risk no? When the Twins passed up on Mark Prior they had Joe Mauer to draft. I haven't heard about any Joe Mauer's in this years draft. That's not to say the Nationals should draft Strasburg because that's what everyone says they should do, but it does seem to be the correct move.
The Nationals have 2 top 10 picks in the draft. At the major league level they have no pitching and to my knowledge neither does their farm system. Their lineup isn't all that terrible though, and if Dunn doesn't collapse and Dukes and Zimmerman keep up their good work they have some nice pieces there. One good draft can really change things. Assuming they draft Strasburg with the first pick and another pitcher with the 10th, if those pitchers work out (which is an incredibly huge if) combined with Jordan Zimmermann, that's not a bad 1-3. And like I said the lineup isn't all that bad. It's not to say that you can start penciling in the Nats as playoff hopefuls any time soon, but the franchise formally known as the Expos finally may not be so laughable, especially if they can begin to forget about this guy.
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