And The Number 1 Pick Is....

It is expected that the Washington Nationals are going to take pitcher, Stephen Strasburg from San Diego State in tonight's MLB Amateur Draft. This twenty year old righty stands at 6'4" and 220 pounds. His fastball has topped out at 103 m.p.h and he has a nasty curve ball. Over his two year college careers he has pitched 206 and 1/3 innings while going 21-4. He has struck out 228 batters over two years including 23 in his sophomore year against the University of Utah. You name it this kid has already done it. The only thing he has yet to accomplish: get drafted and signed to a big league contract. Strasburg was passed up by all thirty teams in over fifty rounds when he entered the draft after high school. Now after two years of college experience he is expected to sign around a six year $50 million contract. That is if the Nats can come to terms with his "advisor" Scott Boras, who is known to hold out until he gets top dollar for his clients. I will cover more on this as negotiations start taking place.

Sources are saying that New Jersey Devils head coach, Brent Sutter, will announce he is stepping down from his position today. It is speculated that he will join his brother who is the gm for the Calgary Flames. This opens up doors for a new coach, which will be the 15th time GM Lamoriello will be faced to hire a coach. If he does not hire himself for the third time. Something must be wrong if you go through 14 coaches over 20 years. You are averaging just over one season for each coach. One man that could be interested in the job is former Wild coach Jacques Lemaire. He stated that he wants to coach again, out east, and for a GM he knows. What better than an organization that he lead to the Stanley Cup?

Some quick notes:
- The courts will decide if the Coyotes will be sold to Jim Basille, even with no support from the league owners.
- Bobby Cox has picked up his 2000th career win as a coach.
- The Twins continue to have problems winning on the road.
- Game three for the NBA Finals is tonight. The Lakers lead the series 2-0 over the Orlando Magic.