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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) - (2-2), 5 GS, 31.2 IP, 2.27 ERA, ERA+ = 183, 1.57 FIP, 7 BB (1.99 BB/9), 48 K's (13.64 K/9), 1.01 WHIP.

vs NYM - N/A

R.A. Dickey

#43 / Pitcher / New York Mets

Height: 6-2

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Oct 29, 1974

 

'09 Stats - (1-1), 35 G, 1 GS, 64.1 IP, 4.62 ERA, ERA+ = 95, 4.99 FIP, 30 BB (4.20 BB/9), 42 K's (5.88 K/9), 1.62 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (6-1), 8 GS, 51.1 IP, 2.98 ERA, ERA+ = 136, 3.04 FIP, 5 BB (2.63 BB/9), 38 K's (6.66 K/9), 1.29 WHIP. 

vs DC - (0-1), 3 G, 2 GS, 9.2 IP, 13 H, 9 ER, 0 HR, 7 BB, 5 K's, 8.38 ERA, 2.07 WHIP, .342 BAA. 

• Washington Nationals' Skipper Jim Riggleman phoned in to the Sirius/XM MLB Network Radio show "First Pitch" with Rob Dibble and Jim Memolo this morning, and Mr. Riggleman discussed what it's like dealing with the circus that goes with every Stephen Strasburg start: 

Jim Riggleman: "...you're trying to win the game and you're trying to win it in six or seven innings....you know, because he's going to be fairly limited. That's just where we're at, that's an organizational decision that's been made that we're probably looking at seven innings tops on most nights. The other day, he went six and his pitch count indicated this may be the first time he actually goes eight, and the game didn't turn out the way we wanted, but somebody's gotta finish that game off, we gotta have some runs. What you want to do is be winning in six, because when you turn it over to your bullpen you want to turn it over to [Drew] Storen, [Tyler] Clippard and [Matt] Capps and not some people in the bullpen who maybe generally pitch when you're losing. So, it's a little bit a dilemma, but we gotta create some runs early when he's pitching." 

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