Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
Have you seen him in action?

Is he worth all the hooplah? Prospects in general are hit or miss and pitching is even worse.

Do you think he'll be the 20 game winner everyone expects him to be?
Washington's Spring Training is down in Florida, so I haven't seen him yet. But I've been keeping up on his scouting reports and supposedly he's wowing everybody he comes in contact with. Apparently even the great Pudge Rodriguez (Nats signed him over the offeason) offered up nothing but praise after catching him.

I think the Nats are going to stick him in the minors for the first few months just to delay his contract renegotiation/arbitration by a year, but from all reports he's ready to go and win in the majors now. No matter what happens, I'm definitely planning to see him pitch, be it this semester, sometime over the summer, or in the fall.

BTW, Opening Day is Phillies at Nationals. I could theoretically see Halladay vs. Strasburg. Class is definitely getting skipped that day.