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Comment on Could the Pittsburgh Pirates Give Boras Client Stephen Strasburg $100 Million? by WPIAL Sports

WPIAL Sports — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:50:32 +0000

100 million for a pitcher, if he wasn’t guaranteed every cent of it, then sure. But pitchers do blow out their arms quite frequently this days. Look at the top pitcher taken for the last 10 years, would any of those guys be worth it???

Comment on Could the Pittsburgh Pirates Give Boras Client Stephen Strasburg $100 Million? by GrtSm

GrtSm — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:59:32 +0000

HE WONT DROP TO THE PIRATES… but he could get past the Nationals. The main reason why he is demanding 50 million is because he would love to stay in San Diego. The best chance the Pirates would have to get him is if he gets elbow inflamation or something, and teams become a little bit scared.
That said, let’s hope that we absolutely suck this year, and the Nats can’t sign him, and we get the #1 pick next year… then we can get a real pitcher.
If that doesnt happen, we can still get the #1 pick, and draft a nice, signable pitcher… does Bullington have a younger brother?

Comment on Could the Pittsburgh Pirates Give Boras Client Stephen Strasburg $100 Million? by Mike Jewart

Mike Jewart — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:55:47 +0000

I have also read some things on Strasbug and there does seem to be some concern regarding his mechanics. There is especially some concern that because of motion he is susceptible to arm problems. I like the idea, but the Pirates must be very positive that he can stay fairly healthy. I understand that injuries are built into the equiation, but with their track record, paying a pitcher that amount with concerns about staying healthy is a huge risk.

Comment on Could the Pittsburgh Pirates Give Boras Client Stephen Strasburg $100 Million? by Doug Gray

Doug Gray — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:37:21 +0000

What people seem to be talking about as ‘worth’ is a lot different than what should be paid to Strasburg. ‘Worth’ that people want to talk about is what he would earn on the Free Agent market. The problem is, he ISN’T ON THE FREE AGENT MARKET. He is in the draft for a reason. The point of the draft is to allow the best talents to go to the worst teams to keep parity in baseball. Even in baseball the most “can’t miss” prospects miss, especially when we are talking pitchers because all it takes is one wrong pitch and a guys career is altered forever.
Strasburgs reports are off the charts. Only one pitcher has come close to matching his performance and his talent in college and it was Prior. Prior got a record (and still the record) 10.5 Million to sign. Is Strasburg twice the prospect that Mark Prior was? Absolutely not. Some would argue that Prior was even the better prospect (given he had more above average pitches than Strasburgs 2 and he faced better competition in college and put up similarly video game type numbers), so why should Strasburg be able to demand even 30 million, much less the talk of 50?
He shouldn’t get that kind of money. There is simply too much risk involved and it defeats the entire purpose of not only the draft slotting system but also arbitration numbers. What makes Strasburg more valuable than Tim Lincecum? What about a guy like Edinson Volquez? What about someone like David Price? Until he has done it against professionals, much less Major Leaguers, its a huge risk that someone will be taking just to pay him 10-15 million, much less 25-30 million.

Comment on Could the Pittsburgh Pirates Give Boras Client Stephen Strasburg $100 Million? by Cory Humes

Cory Humes — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:33:51 +0000

I don’t know that I’d agree that Strasburg is unproven. At this point, scouts know exactly what he has. He’s pitched at every level of competition available to him. If he’s throwing 100 with “Madduxian” control … I don’t know. I think I’d take the risk. He’s proven as much as he can.
I definitely agree that a pitcher should probably be the No. 1 pick, but I’d waffle if Green fell.
Gorzelanny probably doesn’t have any trade value right now. Jose Tabata was No. 75 on BA’s top 100 — I can’t picture a team that would rather have Gorzo than Tabata. Until he proves he can throw with the same stuff as he did pre-Tracy, teams have to consider him to be damaged goods. He’s worth more to us pitching in Triple-A, trying to figure things out than he is as a chip.