http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5161922
Should Chapman have started off in AA then moved up to AAA similar to Strasburg?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5161922
Should Chapman have started off in AA then moved up to AAA similar to Strasburg?
Chapman seems to have done fairly well in AAA. Unless I missed something, I see no reason he should have started at a lower level.
Maybe the question is "should Strasburg have started at AAA like Chapman?"
Wonder if this has anything to do with the Nats watching how good Leake is performing in the majors?
Leake was his equal in college. Any other given year Leake would have won the Golden Spikes Award. But they are two totally different style pitchers. Strasburg is more Doc Gooden, Leake is more Mike Mussina. So I doubt it has direct relation but I would think after May 15thish he is in the Majors for good...
Chapman is all hype and crazy overmatched. They need to send him to Arizona and see if they can salvage something from him in Billings when that season opens in June.
Why should Chapman have started the season in Double-A? So he can post a 0.50 ERA? He's fine where he's at. There's no better place to work on his control than at Triple-A.
BTW, I think it's pretty funny how there was a ton of excuses being made for Strasburg after his bad start the other night but you don't see any of that for Chapman. I'm reading about how Strasburg had a terrible defense behind him, a small strikezone, and gave up some cheap hits. I guess Chapman's pitching with eight gold glovers behind him and a perfect strikezone.
Dang, he would go to the Syracuse Chiefs two days after they come to Columbus.
Last edited by 11larkin11; 05-04-2010 at 07:07 PM.
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