20 year-old SDSU pitcher throwing 103 mph?

[KC Shox]

Good gawd, wish we had him on our team. Him and Ridenhour :D

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-strasburg032409&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[WstateU]

"Good Golly Miss Molly!" Good find KC!

:good: :good:

[mattdalt]

A friend of mine has a daughter attending SDSU. He was just out there visiting, toured the facilities, and told me they have a separate ticket package for those games that this kid is expected to pitch. WOW!

[CharlieHog]

A friend of mine has a daughter attending SDSU. He was just out there visiting, toured the facilities, and told me they have a separate ticket package for those games that this kid is expected to pitch. WOW!

whaaaaat? SDSU gets enough fans to pull that stuff?

[ShoxFan963]

I have heard about this kid, he must be pretty jaw-dropping to produce a ticket package of his own. Why couldn't we get him? ;-) We Need Him!

[kcshocker11]

23 strikeouts wow

[shoxlax]

They'd have to give our hitters four strikes against him just to make it fair.

[ShockTalk]

Best part is he's a pitcher, not a thrower. Great control with a mid 80 mph hook to compliment his three digit fastball!! WOW indeed.

He'll be an interesting story to follow in the future. All the way from the signing circus to whenever his career ends.

[RoyalShock]

So this guy is everything Royals fans hoped Colt Griffin would be?

[Shocker85]

Whoever drafts him should pay him big money but make the contract a series of renewable one-year contracts. Throwing that hard has to be hard on muscle and ligament tissue. I predict he'll have at most two or three good years of pro ball and then arm problems will make him a foot note or trivia answer. Scot Bor-ass will corrupt it all.

--'85.

[martymoose]

I'd much rather have any of our freshman pitchers than him.

[lawmaker]

Marty I hope that is a joke, but anyway. This kid is a can't miss pitcher.
He is headed straight to the Nats sitting at #1 and hopefully they will sign him and not mess the signing up like they did last year.

[WSUwatcher]

I'd much rather have any of our freshman pitchers than him.

Well, one thing about guys like Cooper, Lowell, Sossamon, Flynn, etc., vs. the SDSU kid is that WSU will have them for at least 2-3 years (I say two only because I've read that Cooper will be a draft-eligible sophomore). There's something to be said for that.

The (silly) question isn't why WSU didn't get him; the Shocks don't recruit California. It's why someone like KU or Oklahoma or even ORU, all of whom do pursue California players, didn't spot him and pick him off. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[RoyalShock]

I'd much rather have any of our freshman pitchers than him.

Well, one thing about guys like Cooper, Lowell, Sossamon, Flynn, etc., vs. the SDSU kid is that WSU will have them for at least 2-3 years (I say two only because I've read that Cooper will be a draft-eligible sophomore). There's something to be said for that.

I'm not sure what you're saying exactly. The SDSU kid is a junior. He was their closer his freshman year.

[WSUwatcher]

$$$$

Simple, Royal. If he's a junior, throws 100+, and is thus almost a lock to be the #1 draft choice, he won't be back at SDSU. By contrast, the Shocker freshmen will all be around for a while longer.

So it's nice to have him this year -- and Lord knows the Shocks could use someone like that to close games -- but, looking ahead, he wouldn't be part of your plans for the future, whereas the actual Shocker freshmen will be.