{"id":4250,"date":"2009-05-19T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/what-is-to-be-done-with-a-problem-like-stephen-strasburg.html"},"modified":"2009-05-19T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T13:30:00","slug":"what-is-to-be-done-with-a-problem-like-stephen-strasburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/what-is-to-be-done-with-a-problem-like-stephen-strasburg\/","title":{"rendered":"What is to be done with a problem like Stephen Strasburg?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/05\/18\/AR2009051802697.html\"><b>Nats Face Strasburg Decisions<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/may\/19\/source-strasburg-would-remain-in-the-minors\/\"><b>Source: Strasburg would remain in the minors<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>On Sunday, during a Nats event at the Smithsonian, GM <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mike Rizzo<\/span> said <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stephen Strasburg<\/span>, the consensus Nats draft pick, would not pitch in D.C. this year (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/misschatter\/status\/1826339443\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">MissChatter tweeted it<\/span><\/a>). Why is that? Are you not going to sign him Rizzo? In all seriousness, I think Rizzo was just trying to manage expectations. Should the Nats draft and sign Rizzo, I fully expect he will pitch in at least one Nationals game this year. Possibly out of the bullpen in September.<\/p>\n<p>It is a pretty good time to be <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stephen Strasburg<\/span>. It is an even better time to be <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Scott Boras<\/span>, his agent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/StephenStrasburg\" rel=\"tag\">Stephen Strasburg<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/ScottBoras\" rel=\"tag\">Scott Boras<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nats Face Strasburg Decisions &#8211; The PostSource: Strasburg would remain in the minors &#8211; The Wash. TimesOn Sunday, during a Nats event at the Smithsonian, GM Mike Rizzo said Stephen Strasburg, the consensus Nats draft pick, would not pitch in D.C. this year (MissChatter tweeted it). 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