Stephen Strasburg GU items

[Mattingly85MVP]

Hate to bring up the subject with the unfortunate news today, but I was curious what you all thought about this - with Strasburg looking at potential Tommy John surgery, being out of the game for 12-18 months, and his career in some doubt- how much does the price of his memorabilia come down if at all?

[Mattingly85MVP]

I wish the kid well and was hoping to see him pitch this season in person, really too bad...hope he returns to form after all is said and done

[spartakid]

Odds are the stuff will stop climbing in price, like tens of thousands for a ball from his first start! I bet the stuff will drop a bit, but until something difinitive is said, I doubt his stuff will take a huge hit. I wish him good luck and hope he is able to come back and play like he is/was capable of playing.

[OaklandAsFan]

career in doubt???

please Tommy John surgery is gonna make his arm even better than before. Its almost a basic surgery these days.

[AWA85]

Basic surgery maybe.... but being away from the game for 12-18 months, and then time to regain control and feel. You will not see a sharp Strasburg until 2013 at the soonest.

I would guess prices just took a huge hit, but nobody should be selling now. If you were worried about profit, a person would just have to suck it up and hang on to the items till he is back to form (if this is regained).

[dirtyla2000]

Hate to bring up the subject with the unfortunate news today, but I was curious what you all thought about this - with Strasburg looking at potential Tommy John surgery, being out of the game for 12-18 months, and his career in some doubt- how much does the price of his memorabilia come down if at all?

People who spend large amounts for current stars or in Strasburgs case,wannabe stars, deserve the hit they take.Pay big bucks for vintage,thats all!

[Lokee]

career in doubt???

please Tommy John surgery is gonna make his arm even better than before. Its almost a basic surgery these days.

In some cases baseball pitchers throw harder after the procedure than they did beforehand. As a result, orthopedic surgeons have reported that increasing numbers of parents are coming to them and asking them to perform the procedure on their un-injured sons in the hope that this will increase their performance.

[legaleagle92481]

It is an unfair question. The prices will drop as time goes on while he is out especially when next season starts and he is out of the news. By the all star break next year his stuff will be worth a tiny fraction of what it went for in July. Out of sight out of mind. Is his career over? Of course not he will be back at age 23-24 which is still before most pitchers even come up. But imo don't expect much until 2013. If the Nats were smart theyd let him start back in 2012 in the minors until the all star break.

[bigtime59]

It is an unfair question. The prices will drop as time goes on while he is out especially when next season starts and he is out of the news. By the all star break next year his stuff will be worth a tiny fraction of what it went for in July. Out of sight out of mind. Is his career over? Of course not he will be back at age 23-24 which is still before most pitchers even come up. But imo don't expect much until 2013. If the Nats were smart theyd let him start back in 2012 in the minors until the all star break.

His service clock is already ticking. If he returns to form, why waste any of his pre-Yankee$ time in the minors? The pricing on his stuff was always going to go down, either because of greater availability over a long career or because of a career-ending injury. Most of us are hoping for the former (at least until he switches to pinstripes).

[legaleagle92481]

His service clock is already ticking. If he returns to form, why waste any of his pre-Yankee$ time in the minors? The pricing on his stuff was always going to go down, either because of greater availability over a long career or because of a career-ending injury. Most of us are hoping for the former (at least until he switches to pinstripes).

Did you see Deadspin this week? Alot of low revenue teams are making a fortune in revenue sharing and putting it in the owner's pocket. In Washington Strats is the franchise. They lose him might as well disband the team. Adam Dunn is gone this off season, Ryan Zimmerman is a very good player but not someone people flock to the ballpark to see or to the gift shop to buy his jersey. Harper is years away if he ever arrives. Plus it is harder for a hitter to make the kind of immediate impact Strats did. Most great players even Willie Mays were dreadful when they first came up because when the two parties have not faced each other before the pitcher has the advantage over the hitter. Which is why pitchers who later turn out to be mediocre come in and are world beaters then when batters see them a few times they are getting shelled. If the Twins in a much smaller market could lock up Mauer a guy the Yanks would have given 200 million to in a heartbeat then the nats can lock up Strats. The Yanks also may not even pursue him who knows. If he were a free agent today I don't know how quick they would be to give him a record setting deal with his injury hanging over him.