Two of baseballs’ most touted prospects premiered in the MLB tonight but sadly one was quite overshadowed by the other. Mike Stanton, the young Marlins outfielder who was just called up today went 3-5 with two runs was the one who was sadly overshadowed by the toast of town in Washington, Stephen Strasburg.
Stanton is ranked the third prospect in the game according to MLB.com, while Strasburg is touted as the top prospect in all of baseball by bassically every scout. What is also interesting is that yesterday the Nationals drafted another higly touted prospect in Bryce Harper.
In the next couple of years, the NL East could become an MLB powerhouse. Just think the Phillies are already a powerhouse, the Nationals have Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper, the Marlins have Mike Stanton, the Mets have a young Ike Davis, who hit a walk-off home-run tonight and Jenry Mejia and the Braves who have Tommy Hanson.
Strasburg, the number one pick in the 2009 MLB draft also made his MLB debut tonight. Strasburg pitched 7.o innings giving up two earned runs and threw an astounding fourteen strikeouts, the most since 1900. Strasburg struck out every member of the Pirates roster.
It is quite disappointing that two of baseballs’ most promising prosepects had to make there MLB debut due to the fact that both could have been the event that Strasburg’s debut.
