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[Hurricaneff]

Watching it now(with mets in pip).In second inning. 4 K's 1 hit.Has hit 100mph on radar gun.If your not watching,turn on the MLB Network.The movements on this kids ball is amazing,curve ball drops like crazy.Very impressive!!!!!!!!

[rgwp96]

Hurricaneff, on Jun 8 2010, 07:28 PM, said:

Watching it now(with mets in pip).In second inning. 4 K's 1 hit.Has hit 100mph on radar gun.If your not watching,turn on the MLB Network.The movements on this kids ball is amazing,curve ball drops like crazy.Very impressive!!!!!!!!

hes basiclly playing a minor league team tonight. The pirates are terrible

[Hurricaneff]

Yes it's the Pirates but still........6 Innings-21 batters 11K's,0 walks,2 runs 4 hits,leading 4-2.Not sure if he will come back out to pitch the 7th.I would say on hell of a debut

[Hurricaneff]

Did come out for the 7th and struck out the side,and even reached 100 mph on the gun(Struckout the last 7 batters he faced)
7 innings,24 batters faced,14 K's,0 walks,2 ER,94 pitches.hard to do much better in a debut.


Next start Sunday against the Indians,Possible he could have even better numbers against them

[LongIslandCoastalWx]

I'm not that impressed. The Pirates are a Triple A team. Let's see him do this against American League line-ups. Pit him against Tampa Bay, or the Yankees, Boston, or the Angels, and see how he does. The Pirates are a swing and miss team. Teams like Boston, and the Yankees take a lot of pitches, and make pitchers work.

[rgwp96]

LongIslandCoastalWx, on Jun 8 2010, 09:08 PM, said:

I'm not that impressed. The Pirates are a Triple A team. Let's see him do this against American League line-ups. Pit him against Tampa Bay, or the Yankees, Boston, or the Angels, and see how he does. The Pirates are a swing and miss team. Teams like Boston, and the Yankees take a lot of pitches, and make pitchers work.

The nats played it smart though, his first 5 starts will all be against the worst teeams in the league. He faces indian and than the orioles and than 2 other **** teams.

[Kelli013]

Have to say he sat 2 batters per inning down, that's impressive, with no walks. Yeah he is playing the lowest level team and the teams schedule has stacked the deck in his favor, but he looked confident. Wish him well!

My regret tonight was benching Niemann.

[Jimrin1967]

I think anyone poo-poo ing the Strasburg start because its the Pirates need a bit of a reality check. Yes, maybe they aren't a very good Major League team. But keep in mind there are thousands upon thousands of young men who will never be as good as those "bad" players on the Pirates. Make no mistake. He posted those numbers against a Major League team

[icehater]

LongIslandCoastalWx, on Jun 8 2010, 09:08 PM, said:

I'm not that impressed. The Pirates are a Triple A team. Let's see him do this against American League line-ups. Pit him against Tampa Bay, or the Yankees, Boston, or the Angels, and see how he does. The Pirates are a swing and miss team. Teams like Boston, and the Yankees take a lot of pitches, and make pitchers work.

You've got to be kidding me. This kid has electric stuff and most of his first pitches were strikes. I d'ont know the stats but based on the announcers the Pirates are not a team that strikes out a lot. I d'ont think a great hitting AL team would have fared much better than the Pirates with the stuff this kid showed tonight. When you face a guy that can paint the corners with 4 pitches (contrast that to Rivera who has 1 pitch) including a drop dead curve and 2 great fastballs you can't afford to take pitches. On top of that he was getting stronger as the game progressed. Let him run 9 innings and he may have struck out 18 men. You're kidding yourself blind if you d'ont think this was a great performance.

[Jimrin1967]

icehater, on Jun 8 2010, 11:08 PM, said:

You've got to be kidding me. This kid has electric stuff and most of his first pitches were strikes. I d'ont know the stats but based on the announcers the Pirates are not a team that strikes out a lot. I d'ont think a great hitting AL team would have fared much better than the Pirates with the stuff this kid showed tonight. When you face a guy that can paint the corners with 4 pitches (contrast that to Rivera who has 1 pitch) including a drop dead curve and 2 great fastballs you can't afford to take pitches. On top of that he was getting stronger as the game progressed. Let him run 9 innings and he may have struck out 18 men. You're kidding yourself blind if you d'ont think this was a great performance.

Tim Kurkijan just said he is the first player to walk 0 and strike out 14 in his debut and only 6 players have done it period since 1900. Not impressive? Really? He may be better than his hype.

[icehater]

I remember a game Koufax pitched with total domination, 18K's a few pop-ups and a few weak ground balls and they asked the opposing manager if Sandy would have done so well had the game been in a smaller park like Fenway. The manager laughed and said the game would have been the same in a little league park. This game reminded me of that. Other than the homer and the single I d'ont think anyone got the ball out of the infield. The K's and that shattered bat, and the almost un-needed outfield tells you that when he's on he will be unhittable, no matter who he plays against.

[icehater]

Jimrin1967, on Jun 8 2010, 11:14 PM, said:

Tim Kurkijan just said he is the first player to walk 0 and strike out 14 in his debut and only 6 players have done it period since 1900. Not impressive? Really? He may be better than his hype.

Personally I like Danny but that was one comment I'd wish I could take back if I were him. If you weren't impressed by him tonight than you d'ont know much about dominant pitching.

[rgwp96]

Jimrin1967, on Jun 8 2010, 11:14 PM, said:

Tim Kurkijan just said he is the first player to walk 0 and strike out 14 in his debut and only 6 players have done it period since 1900. Not impressive? Really? He may be better than his hype.

he certainly was impressive no doubt but this is basically a triple a team just like hes dominated to date. I use to be a pirate fan I know what they have and thats only 2 legitimate pro players. They set up his rotation on purpose, they certainly were not going to feed him to the yanks.

[rgwp96]

icehater, on Jun 8 2010, 11:08 PM, said:

You've got to be kidding me. This kid has electric stuff and most of his first pitches were strikes. I d'ont know the stats but based on the announcers the Pirates are not a team that strikes out a lot. I d'ont think a great hitting AL team would have fared much better than the Pirates with the stuff this kid showed tonight. When you face a guy that can paint the corners with 4 pitches (contrast that to Rivera who has 1 pitch) including a drop dead curve and 2 great fastballs you can't afford to take pitches. On top of that he was getting stronger as the game progressed. Let him run 9 innings and he may have struck out 18 men. You're kidding yourself blind if you d'ont think this was a great performance.

going into tonight the pirates have struck out 397 times which is probably about avg. Highest was diamandback at 530+ and less was white sox at 220+

[rgwp96]

one more tid bit, the pirates have scored the lowest runs in all of baseball to date

[Hurricaneff]

LongIslandCoastalWx, on Jun 8 2010, 09:08 PM, said:

I'm not that impressed. The Pirates are a Triple A team. Let's see him do this against American League line-ups. Pit him against Tampa Bay, or the Yankees, Boston, or the Angels, and see how he does. The Pirates are a swing and miss team. Teams like Boston, and the Yankees take a lot of pitches, and make pitchers work.

Hmmmm, well how about this.Halladay and Lincecum have faced the pirates this year and this is what they did

Halladay 9 innings,9 hits,2 runs, 6k's,1 bb,loss
Lincecum 7 innings(same as Strasburg) 6hits,3 runs,6 k's,2 bb,no decision

Strasburg 7 innings,4 hits,2 er,14 k's,0 walks, win(major league debut!!)


Still not impressed?

[Hurricaneff]

rgwp96, on Jun 8 2010, 10:03 PM, said:

The nats played it smart though, his first 5 starts will all be against the worst teeams in the league. He faces indian and than the orioles and than 2 other **** teams.

Next 5 starts(if no rainouts or change in rotation)

Indians,White Sox.Orioles,Braves,Padres.

[Hurricaneff]

rgwp96, on Jun 8 2010, 11:47 PM, said:

going into tonight the pirates have struck out 397 times which is probably about avg. Highest was diamandback at 530+ and less was white sox at 220+

No other pitcher has struck out 14 Pirates in a game this year

[rgwp96]

Hurricaneff, on Jun 9 2010, 08:36 AM, said:

Next 5 starts(if no rainouts or change in rotation)

Indians,White Sox.Orioles,Braves,Padres.

ok so its 4 of the worst, pirates,indians ,white sox and orioles are pathetic. I thought it was another team than the braves though to be honest(at least what I saw 2 nights ago)

[rgwp96]

Hurricaneff, on Jun 9 2010, 08:39 AM, said:

No other pitcher has struck out 14 Pirates in a game this year

no ump has had a bigger strike zone than last night, not making it up just saw it mentioned on espn(lol). Also fine Pitss the best hitting team in baseball and stras will strike out 15 or higher every start(lol)