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Originally posted by TRhit: --As John Hart said the other day MLB pitchers need more than just heat because MLB hitters can hit a "jet airliner" as it passed by
Bard is doing it--can Strasburg?
Don't want to hijack the thread...but it is draft related...Agree with CADad, while remains to be seen (it's a a very long, long way from here to there, just ask UVA)...
...but having watched Strasberg a few times over the last few years...here is the pure beauty of what he brings. First, as impressive as his pure numerical velocity is, it is the other stuff that makes him so good. In one outing last year, I saw him throw 7 innings, strike out 12, and he didn't throw a single fastball in the zone. Used it exclusively as a chase pitch. He is both smart enough, good enough, and well coached enough to realize that velocity is but a single part of a much bigger package. Second, his velocity is so smooth and easy that his 99 looks like another pitchers 93. Very deceptive.
Will be an interesting ride, but for pure ability he is hard to bet against. The question may be how he handles the mental game: the expectations, the pressure, the certain moments of challenge and failure.
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Wonderful clip of him talking about signing; I can tell he is a very nice young man from a great family.
