It
was love at first-sight for me, baseball wise, with Toronto’s Marcus
Stroman. The five-foot nine, 23-year old
righty starter posted an 11-6 record as a rookie last season with a 3.65 ERA
and a 1.17 WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched). To give you an idea how exceptional that last
stat is, it took Sandy “the left hand of God” Koufax eight years in the majors
to record a better WHIP. As to
character, Stroman pals around with ex-Sox fan favorite Mark Buehrle, he of the
“get it down in two hours” mindset for pitching a game. Like I said, love at first sight.
The
White Sox could have drafted Stroman but chose outfielder Courtney Hawkins
instead. Hawkins is two years younger
and has made it to spring training already, so maybe my team wasn’t as clueless
as usual in scouting talent. Or we could
just be dumb-ass lucky. Stroman tore the
ACL in his left knee during fielding practice this week and is expected to miss
the entire season.
Here’s
hoping Courtney Hawkins wasn’t the right choice by default.
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