Ignoring Boras's 50 Million dollar asking price and Darvish's posting price, if you had to take one, who would it be?
Ignoring Boras's 50 Million dollar asking price and Darvish's posting price, if you had to take one, who would it be?
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I like strasburg more because I trust college numbers more than I trust Japan numbers.
Strasburg because his stuff is better.
Strasberg b/c these great pitchers from Asia lose a little value when you drive them off the lot, it seems.
Darvish. It opens a new market for Cincinnati. Even if he only becomes a league average starter it's a long term investment into new territory.
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Strasburg. Stuff wise, I think Aroldis Chapman of Cuba deserves to be in the same discussion as Strasburg and Darvish, though he is very raw and still needs to work on some things before he's as good as those two.
so 2 questions, what are the chances Strasburg drops to the Reds selection? What are the chances the Reds would select him if he were sitting there? Somebody on ESPN radio was saying that he thought he could play in the majors right now. How accurate is that?
with a high 90s fastball and a good slider you would have to have some terrible control to not be at least a average major league pitcher.
I read a report that if he pitched in the majors today Strasburg would be better than AJ Burnett.
As for his control, 1.5 BB/9 IP is pretty impressive.
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