The Next Big thing after Strasburg is LDS

[craigoscarson]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/draft2010 ... id=5248377

[CougarClaw]

This kid is absolutely sick when it comes to baseball.

I hope he makes it
and then, learns how to deal with the plague of too much money.

[Mars]

A #1 talent- Where is kitic asking if it would benefit this kid to redshirt a year at BYU first?

[SpiffCoug]

A #1 talent- Where is kitic asking if it would benefit this kid to redshirt a year at BYU first?

Depends, do I get a cut on his signing bonus? But yes, this kid will get a "red-shirt." He's not going straight to the Majors. He's going to be sent to single A ball first and make his way up the organization.

[Mars]

Depends, do I get a cut on his signing bonus? But yes, this kid will get a "red-shirt." He's not going straight to the Majors. He's going to be sent to single A ball first and make his way up the organization.

I saw that Strasburg got his first start last week. Took him, what, half a season? I don't know if that's impressive or if that's a long time to not play your new best pitcher.

[SpiffCoug]

Depends, do I get a cut on his signing bonus? But yes, this kid will get a "red-shirt." He's not going straight to the Majors. He's going to be sent to single A ball first and make his way up the organization.

I saw that Strasburg got his first start last week. Took him, what, half a season? I don't know if that's impressive or if that's a long time to not play your new best pitcher.

He also went to college. He pitched for SDSU each of the last three seasons. Strasburg was born in 1988. He'll be 22 in a month or two.

[SpiffCoug]

That was a fairly quick ascent into the majors for any player. The MLB draft is either this week or next. So when he was drafted last summer there was some talk that the Nationals should have brought him up before the end of last season. They were a little more patient and since they were out of the race there wasn't much reason to hurry a player who had been playing from Jan-May in college to then pitch again in Aug-Oct.

[Mars]

He also went to college. He pitched for SDSU each of the last three seasons. Strasburg was born in 1988. He'll be 22 in a month or two.

Great point. I didn't remember he was at SDSU for that long.

[SpiffCoug]

So do I get a cut of his signing bonus?

[CougarClaw]

Harper going to the Nationals. Welcome to DC Bryce.