I was sufficiently whelmed by Strasburg. He was neither over, nor under, whelming.
I don't think he stacks up as an elite pitcher right now, but for a youngin', he controls the inner-half incredibly well. Two things I think can bite him badly are that he doesn't change speeds incredibly effectively, meaning you can beat him with pitch recognition, so once teams are on their second and third looks against him, it'll be interesting to see if he dials his stuff down so he can end up going with a 5-6 MPH variance on his power stuff.
I don't think he stacks up as an elite pitcher right now, but for a youngin', he controls the inner-half incredibly well. Two things I think can bite him badly are that he doesn't change speeds incredibly effectively, meaning you can beat him with pitch recognition, so once teams are on their second and third looks against him, it'll be interesting to see if he dials his stuff down so he can end up going with a 5-6 MPH variance on his power stuff.
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