In fairness, peak Scherzer has a lot of baseball people calling him the best in the game and that's with Clayton Kershaw and Chris Sale still pitching brilliantly in their primes. Strasburg's ceiling as a prospect was "best pitcher in the game" so he hasn't hit that ceiling but he is definitely closer to that ceiling than he is to the floor and I think it's pretty unfair to not be happy with how he has turned out. I feel good when I look at the lineup and see Strasburg in the 9 hole because I know he gives us a great chance to win every game he pitches. Guys like that don't grow on trees.
Yep. Didn't mean to say anything that conflicts with this. Peak Scherzer is one hell of a show, and I think Strasburg might have been that without the injury. Being a notch down is hardly a bad thing. He's an excellent pitcher.
