Strasburg needs Tommy John surgery

[Emily_Haines]

expected to miss 12-18 months

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2010/08/stephen_strasburg_probably_nee.html

[Brock Landers]

Mark Prior part 2

[julio_cat]

What?
He didn't played in MLB for a couple of months

[WvGambler]

espn reports Strasbrg needs Tommy John

[HoulihansTX]

Wow. John Riggleman cant catch a break with his pitchers.

[blackbeSSt]

annnnnd thats a wrap on his career.

[iQon]

Kerry Wood?

[pavyracer]

That's why pitchers shouldn't got to college. He wore himself out pitching for no money.

[ROFLcopter]

WOW poor nats fan(s?)

[Smoke]

Strasberg is a big baby

[lyon804]

That's why pitchers shouldn't got to college. He wore himself out pitching for no money.

Well, that may be true but he is still 15 million off better than most here rather he pitches again or not. Got to love MLB's guaranteed contracts

[solobass]

Wow that is sad. Just go pro I agree do not pitch for free.

[dherd]

there goes about a couple of hundred million out the window.

[JMobile]

Kerry Wood?

Mark Prior?

Stephen is done and might catch a little of 2012 but who knows if he will still be as great.

[pavyracer]

Well, that may be true but he is still 15 million off better than most here rather he pitches again or not. Got to love MLB's guaranteed contracts

15 million career earnings is not the same as 300 million career earnings. When you are a pitcher the longer you stay healthy the more money you make.

[lyon804]

15 million career earnings is not the same as 300 million career earnings. When you are a pitcher the longer you stay healthy the more money you make.

No shit Sherlock You figured this all out on your own Thanks for stating the obvious. First off this is only a problem for the Nats. Secondly, I imagine he will be pitching again at a high level in 2012. Tommy John is not a game changer for most guys anymore. Last but not least unless you are a dumb ass street thug NBA baller you can live off 15 million very happily the rest of your life with any brains and a little prudent investing.

[big joe 1212]

another blow to the Washington Nationals!

It will be 5 more years before they can try and rebuild again!

They can't affford to sign anybody else now!

[sundin4prez]

there goes the nationals future.....

[nobodyukno]

They put too much into their "savior"

[Brock Landers]

That's why pitchers shouldn't got to college. He wore himself out pitching for no money.

he got paid a fortune, Boras is his agent

[WvGambler]

Wow. Nats fan must be beside himself.

[Chuck Sims]

$16,000 Strassburg Rookie Card May Be Bad Investment.


Strasburg was getting noticed because one of his first baseball cards in a Nationals uniform sold for more than $16,000 -- and that was before two MLB victories and all of those Walter Johnson references from Bob Costas.
Courtesy of Robert PowerRobert Power paid more than $16,000 for the rookie card of Stephen Strasburg.


One has to wonder what Strasburg's 2010 Bowman Chrome Prospects SuperFractor might fetch now, but you'll have to keep wondering as the one-of-a-kind card is squarely in the hands of 37-year-old Michigan-based accountant Robert J. Power, who, like many baseball fans, remembers the pop culture wave of card collecting in the 1980s.
So, the obvious question is why would he buy the card?
"I focused on this card because I believe Stephen Strasburg is truly the LeBron James of baseball," said Power

[lyon804]

There is another fool born every second.

[Dad]

Nice card.

Heres another nice card.

[Bob Loblaw]

Sucks to see but there was no doubt a major injury was coming with this guy

[richyrich8478]

wow...oh that just sux for the nats......hahahaha

[BostonChamp]

cant help but laugh at that baseball card purchase

[yisman]

15 million career earnings is not the same as 300 million career earnings. When you are a pitcher the longer you stay healthy the more money you make.

When you are a ______, the longer you stay healthy the more money you make. That applies to friggin' everything.


Anyway, Rob Dibble sure looks like an idiot now.

[jjgold]

sad actually

He will never be the same

No contracts should be guaranteed

Wash will now fold

[talnted]

what a shame. the grinch stole strasmus...

[sonyman]

Mark Pryor all over again. Huge hype then injured. I hate it for the Nats.

[MartinBlank]

That sucks balls.

I feel for the kid. Washington should have shut him down when he first got injured.

[Muddy]

Man, that's real unfortunate. He was certainly a treat to watch. But this is a surgery he can bounce back from and he'll have plenty of rest.

[eatdust11]

Wow... not a Nationals fan, but I hate to see this... hope he fully recovers

[EmpireMaker]

Wow. Nats fan must be beside himself.