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Today's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare At You Now: 

Stephen Strasburg

#37 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-4

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 20, 1988

 

'09 SDSU Stats - (13-1), 1.32 ERA, 15 GS, 2 CG, 109.0 IP, 59 H, 16 ER, 19 BB (1.57 BB/9), 195 K's (16.1K/9). 

AFL Stats - (4-1), 4.26 ERA, 5 GS, 19.0 IP, 15 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 3 HR, 7 BB, 23 K's, 1.16 WHIP. 

ST 2010 - (1-0), 2.00 ERA, 3 GS, 9.0 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 HR, 1 BB, 12 K's.

'10 - (Final Double-A Harrisburg) - (3-1), 5 GS, 22.0 IP, 7 H, 9 R, 4 ER, 6 BB (2.45 BB/9), 27 K's (11.05 K/9), 1.64 ERA, 0.86 WHIP.

'10 - (Final Triple-A Syracuse) - (4-1), 6 GS, 33.1 IP, 18 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 HR, 7 BB (1.89 BB/9), 38 K's (10.26 K/9), 1.08 ERA, 0.75 WHIP. 

'10 - (w/DC) - (2-0), 2 GS, 12.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 HR's, 5 BB (3.65 BB/9), 22 K's (16.05 K/9), 0.89 WHIP.

Gavin Floyd

#34 / Pitcher / Chicago White Sox

Height: 6-6

Weight: 235

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jan 27, 1983

 

'09 Stats - (11-11), 30 GS, 193.0 IP, 4.06 ERA, ERA+ = 115, 3.77 FIP, 59 BB (2.75 BB/9), 163 K's (7.60 K/9), 1.23 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (2-7), 13 GS, 75.0 IP, 5.64 ERA, ERA+ = 79, 3.82 FIP, 28 BB (3.36 BB/9), 66 K's (7.92 K/9), 1.53 WHIP.

vs DC - (1-1), 4 G, 2 GS, 19.0 IP, 20 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 3 HR, 9 BB, 16 K's, 4.74 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, .274 BAA. 

• Quotes: 

- Livan Hernandez on Sirius/XM's MLB Network Radio's "Power Alley":

Livan Hernandez: "He's a great guy, great kid, and you know, he's very professional. And you can see, it's unbelievable, he's got five pitches he can throw for a strike any time, and I think he knows how to pitch, that's what's most important. You can throw hard, 101mph, 102mph, but the most important part...he impressed me a lot, is the way he pitches...don't be surprised you see the guy win a couple Cy Youngs, and he's going to lead the league in strikeouts when he gets a full season. He's unbelievable..."

- Jim Riggleman From Pregame Press Conference: 

Strasburg As A Strikeout Pitcher/Team That Doesn't K Much? 

Jim Riggleman: "I think if Stephen can get them to put the ball in play, put the ball on the ground, we'd certainly take that, but I think we'll probably be somewhere in between. He's somewhat of a strikeout pitcher, they don't strike out, the result will probably be something in between. Maybe he'll strike out a few more White Sox than they normally strike out, but maybe he'll strike out less people than he normally does, but the point is to get them out. And I think Stephen's really good about that, he's trying to get the hitter out, he's not looking to strike people out, and I think that allows him to get an out early in the count, but once he's got two strikes he might try to put somebody away, but in a perfect world he would like to get an out within two or three pitches."

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