Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
Yeah, he has great stuff. Strasburg has the best stuff of any nat too and he's what their 4th best starter. Stuff is great, but it doesn't always equate to best pitcher. I hope he's the 2nd coming of smoltz, but I think he'll come closer to Kimbrel. I think he and shae Simmons will be a very formidable back end of our staff in '16-'17
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Strasburg has battled injuries, especially this year. He still gave them 3 great years in a row in his first 3 from 2012-2014, to the tune of 11.8 WAR. No one would suggest putting Strasburg in the pen.