Twitter$50 Million?
30 Mar 2009
Pretty wild story from Jon Heyman about Stephen Strasburg and his reported asking price of $50 million. The article made took me back about 18 years ago to the 1991 draft. I still remember reading an article, I think it was in the Daily News, about the choice the Yankees had. They were picking first and scouts were raving about two can’t-miss Hall Of Fame players- Brien Taylor and Mike Kelly. Taylor was heralded as a left-handed Dwight Gooden, while Kelly was compared to Barry Bonds.
Taylor of course blew out his arm in a fight while Kelly made it to the majors, but didn’t do much at all in brief stints in the bigs. I have heard some amazing things about Strasburg and his abilties, he sounds like he would be an amazing pitcher. But, considering the risks involved with pitching and the current state of the economy, I can’t believe he will come close to getting $50 million. I would be amazed if he got even half that. It should be fun to watch in June.
Mar 30, 2009 @ 17:35:53
Big article about this kid in Sports Illustrated as well. Boras prob chipped in a few to get that published to up the “buzz factor”.
You’re right: the risks with any young pitcher are pretty big – add in the 100+ MPH factor and the risks to longevity get even worse. Yep, fun is the operative word for this upcoming draft.
Apr 01, 2009 @ 23:53:11
I would be surprised if he got a 10th of that. Please.
He might be great, but he might not make it out of AA ball. It would be a terrible move by any team to sign him to anything close to that number.
Peter, didn’t you link to an article that showed the likelihood of a first rounder making the show and then more importantly being an all-star?