Strasburg to miss 2011

[calsnowskier]

Stephen Strasburg of Washington Nationals has torn ligament; surgery probable - ESPN

It is not definite, but it looks like he will require TJ and miss 2011.

ouch

 

[sfsportsfan]

womp womp womp

 

[SFAnthem]

Chris Lincecum called it...

said he would require major surgery within 2 years of this season

 

[msgkings322]

Kind of sad, it hurts baseball as a whole when guys like Prior, Strasburg, etc get overworked and go down. Hopefully he can come back as a Kerry Wood type and not be just done.

 

[calsnowskier]

TJ is not a career ender. Will he be Warren Spawn Jr? Prob not, but that was a tall order to begin with.

He also was not overworked. He just had a CRAPPY delivery. He will have to totally re-create his delivery when he comes back, which will likey remove AT LEAST 5 mph from his velocity.

Will he be able to compete now? Who knows...

 

[SFGRTB]

That's gotta be tough. Though, by 2012 when he's back, Bryce Harper may be on the horizon. I'd say realistically, 2012 will be a solid year (around .500) with the young players growing up and they could be contending by 2013, 2014 at the lastest (baring major injuy).

That's asking a lot of the fanbase though. Waiting for two phenoms like this may help though.

 

[calsnowskier]

Although TJ is no longer a career ender, I am not sure that Strasburg can be clasified as a phenom anymore...