tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post6430341091435691362..comments2024-03-28T10:50:33.234-07:00Comments on Nationals Baseball: Strasburg is not David ClydeHarperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-90559458030321974532010-02-25T06:47:05.200-08:002010-02-25T06:47:05.200-08:00So because the Nats have shown a history of being ...So because the Nats have shown a history of being cheap the development of a youn top of the rotation starter is mission critical for the Nats? (re: CHEEEEEEEEP)<br /><br />Ok I can buy that.Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-35542384854484261352010-02-24T19:09:06.764-08:002010-02-24T19:09:06.764-08:00Livan!Livan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-76733394304643344912010-02-24T08:36:54.124-08:002010-02-24T08:36:54.124-08:00"It makes it potentially a bunch more expensi..."It makes it potentially a bunch more expensive."<br /><br />You can end that sentence right there. At that point you are set back to the point of potential failure. <br /><br />Unless the team has some young stars that really develop and force the teams hand, because I'm not convinced they would go get a Halladay otherwise.Bryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-37091148427358421912010-02-24T07:42:25.504-08:002010-02-24T07:42:25.504-08:00Does a great Strasburg make the team much better? ...Does a great Strasburg make the team much better? Yes. Does a bad Strasburg ruin this teams chances of being a playoff team in say 2013 on? It really shouldn't. It makes it potentially a bunch more expensive but it shouldn't ruin it - that's all I'm saying. <br /><br />The asking thing - usually though those are fluff questions asked by quasi-reporters and you disregard the answers. For this topic it's serious reporters acting like these are serious well thought-out answers.Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-87346874316064855742010-02-24T07:21:32.832-08:002010-02-24T07:21:32.832-08:00Is Strasburg the team (ala Halladay)? No.
But it...Is Strasburg the team (ala Halladay)? No.<br /><br />But its better, much better, to start from a place with a Halladay and nothing else than it is to start from a place with a Detweiler and nothing else.<br /><br />No, Strasburg won't make the team great himself, but his failure could set it back pretty badly (how do you set a club this bad back?) for a while. Its much easier to build around a great pitcher.<br /><br />As for the asking and answering. Its like when they ask old people how they lived so long or celebrities how they keep their skin so nice/body so thin. They always have some fanciful answer about routines and drinking water with some special herb in it. Unless they are a comedian, they never say the honest answer, which is "I don't know and pure luck."Bryannoreply@blogger.com