Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Let's Make A Deal for Strasburg

With Max Scherzer now a Nationals pitcher other rotation mates like Fister, Zimmermann & Strasburg are all up for trade. Of that group I'd take Stephen Strasburg who is only 26 & he is under contract for 2 more years, not just one like Fister or Zimmermann. Strasburg will make $7.5 mil next year, a pitance given the price of starting pitching these days. Last year Strasburg proved that he was past his Tommy John surgery from his age 22 year. Stras threw 215 innings, had 242 K's & posted an ERA of 3.14. Even adding 0.50 to his ERA for crossing into the AL, here's a 6'4" guy coming into his own. If he is available, I'll send any combination of Henry Owens, Anthony Ranaudo, Brandon Workman, Matt Barnes, Deven Marrero, Garin Cecchini & Brock Holt to the Nats in return. I'd keep Joe Kelly if I could, but I would still add him into the deal if necessary. (Instead of Kelly, I'd seriously consider adding Buchholz to the deal.) I would make my best pitch to get Strasburg who could anchor the Red Sox rotation with Porcello for years to come. It would be great to have 2 young guns.

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