But Strasburg is a top pitcher. Why wasn’t he getting balls that were clearly in the strike zone?
He's not on the Verlander level. If ya feel you have to give somebody a break (wider zone), I'm going with Verlander. I'm going with Scherzer. Strasburg is second tier in the overall scheme of MLB pitching (fair or not; reputation, etc.) even in the ump's eyes. They see what they believe.
