Rookie Lights Up the Speed Gun In His First Spot Light!

June 8th, 2010 will be a day that young rookie Stephen Strasburg will never forget as he finally made his first major league debut for the Washington Nationals and proved to everyone that he is the pitcher that everyone expects him to be. Last night at Nationals Park with a sold out crowd of 44 plus thousand fans on hand all eyes were on young Stephen Strasburg to finally see this kid pitch in the big leagues. With his first pitch being a ball it hit the speed gun at 97 mph, then with another fastball coming in clocked at 98 mph it was no joke that this kid throws some heat alone with nasty change-up, 2 seam sinker ball, and really good curve ball. At one point of this game he hit the gun with a 100 mph fastball that set up the rest of pitches to strike out 14 batters in 7 innings of work. Although he gave up a 2 run home run on 4 hits he bounced back and did what he had to do to keep his new team in the game. The 21 year old prove that someday he will be the number starting pitcher for this club whether it be next year or in 3 years this kid has the stuff the be one of the greatest pitchers in years to come if he stays healthy.

So Strasburg gets his first major league win (5-2) with a 2.57 ERA but remember he was pitching against the Pirates who aren't that great of a team and you like to see he face better line ups like the Braves, Phillies, Marlins and so fore to see how he would really do in the show, but still you have to say to yourself wow that's amazing that in his first major league debut he only went 7 innings striking out 14 hitters on 105 pitches. Strasburg during the whole night was clocked with fastball averaging from 97-100 mph on the gun and if he can keep that up during the rest of his career by also mixing up his pitches he will have no problem pitching in the big league. It’s just a matter of time to see if he will keep it up and if he can always control his fastball. Strasburg struck out 14 batters almost tying a major league record by a rookie that was set back in 1971 where J.R. Richard struck out 15 batters in a first major league debut. Strasburg is now second on the list with 14 K's in his first start. If you’re a Nationals fan you must be saying to yourself forget Roy Halladay, Tim Lincecum, Adam Wainwright, Johan Santana. WE GOT STRASBURG!!!!!!!


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