Only the Lebron James of baseball right now.
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Thanks, Memphis!:toast: I just researched the name.
Stephen James Strasburg (born July 20, 1988, in San Diego, California) is a right-handed pitcher who was drafted number one overall in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft by the Washington Nationals organization. He signed a record $15.1 million contract with the Nationals on August 17, 2009, just 77 seconds before the deadline, breaking a record previously held by Mark Prior, who had signed for $10.5 million in 2001.
He was called the "most-hyped pick in draft history" by
ESPN and the "most hyped and closely watched pitching prospect in the history of baseball" by
Sports Illustrated.
Strasburg is 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m), weighs 220 pounds (100 kg), and bats right-handed. His fastball is often clocked between 95 and 100 miles per hour (153 and 160 km/h). His curveball has been clocked at between 79 and 81 miles per hour (127 and 130 km/h).