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The Washington Nationals Should Pass on Stephen Strasburg
Published by Cris Shumaker on June 9, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - MLB
With Strasburg comes an enormous contract that many are predicting to be upwards of $50 million, as well as historical trend that says not to take him.
In the history of the MLB Draft, zero pitchers taken in the top 10 have had Hall of Fame type-careers. That's it—zero. I find this extremely interesting.
My first thought was that teams must have a tendency to take hitters high and pitchers later, but that's not true.
In the history of the MLB Draft, 55 percent of the picks have been position players. This compares ...
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