Originally Published: June 8, 2009
Strasburg: No comparison
Argument to avoid college ace because of failed past prospects doesn't add up
Is Stephen Strasburg just another Ben McDonald? Tom Boswell and Rob Neyer would like you to think so, but a deeper look into their performances shows the lie in the argument that all "can't miss" pitchers are alike.
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2009 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
Day 2 (June 10)
Day 1 (June 9)
- Nationals make Strasburg No. 1
- Keith Law: Best and worst picks
- Draft blog: Notes on first two rounds
- Keith Law: First round analysis
- BBTN Minute: Signing Strasburg
- Buster Olney: No doubting Strasburg
- Complete MLB draft coverage
Pre-Draft Analysis
- MLB Draft blog
- Scouting reports
- Top 100 Prospects: Final | 5/30 | 5/26 | 5/16
- June 9: Final Mock Draft
- June 8: Mock Draft: 3.0
- June 7: VIDEO: Impact players
- June 6: VIDEO: Building Franchises
- June 5: Undrafted picks to first-rounders
- June 5: VIDEO: Law tackles Scott Boras
- June 4: Draft's two-sport athletes
- June 4: VIDEO: Depth of Strasburg
- June 3: The MLB Draft Prospect Map
- June 3: VIDEO: Law's top hitters
- June 2: Law: Updated mock draft
- May 31: Law: BC prospect put at risk
- May 29: Goldstein: 2008 NL Draft Update
- May 28: Goldstein: 2008 AL Draft Update
- May 27: Keith Law's mock draft
- May 27: Law: Pitching tops 2009 Draft
Stephen Strasburg
- Rumors: Lack of options for John Lackey
- Keith Law: The top 50 free agents
- Olney: Joe Mauer's unclear future
- KEG: Early 2010 look-aheads
