Strasburg, Is He Valued a Little Too High?

Is the hobby world putting a little too much stock in Stephen Strasburg? Don't get me wrong I think he is going to bea great pitcher. In his 12 starts he hasn't looked too bad.

2010

Regular Season													Season to Date
Date	Opponent	Score	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K			W	L	SV	BS	HLD	IP	ERA
Aug 21	@ PHI	W 8-1	-	4.1	2	1	1	0	0	6			5	3	0	0	0	68.0	2.91
Aug 15	ARI	W 5-3	-	5.0	5	3	1	1	0	7			5	3	0	0	0	63.2	2.97
Aug 10	FLA	L 2-8	L	4.1	6	6	6	1	2	4			5	3	0	0	0	58.2	3.07
Date	Opponent	Score	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K			W	L	SV	BS	HLD	IP	ERA
Jul 21	@ CIN	W 8-5	W	5.2	7	3	3	0	1	7			5	2	0	0	0	54.1	2.32
Jul 16	@ FLA	W 4-0	W	6.0	4	0	0	0	3	7			4	2	0	0	0	48.2	2.03
Jul 9	SFO	W 8-1	W	6.0	3	1	1	1	1	8			3	2	0	0	0	42.2	2.32
Jul 3	NYM	W 6-5	-	5.0	4	2	2	0	3	5			2	2	0	0	0	36.2	2.45
Date	Opponent	Score	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K			W	L	SV	BS	HLD	IP	ERA
Jun 28	@ ATL	L 0-5	L	6.1	6	4	3	0	2	7			2	2	0	0	0	31.2	2.27
Jun 23	KAN	L 0-1	L	6.0	9	1	1	0	0	9			2	1	0	0	0	25.1	1.78
Jun 18	CHW	L 1-2	-	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	10			2	0	0	0	0	19.1	1.86
Jun 13	@ CLE	W 9-4	W	5.1	2	1	1	1	5	8			2	0	0	0	0	12.1	2.19
Jun 8	PIT	W 5-2	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	0	14			1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2.57
Total				68.0	56	25	22	5	17	92			5	3	0	0	0	68.0	2.91

The guy throws hard and he throws a lot of strikes. But as we allknow pitchers are a little more fragile than your typical field player. He was just put on the 15-Day DL. I wonder if this is going to be a reoccurring thing that happens because of the type of pitcher he is.

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/mlb/Y_Sports_MLB/21568861

I know one could point at a guy like Greg Maddux w

ho pitched for close to 100 years and say he'll be fine. But Maddux was a different type of pitcher. Who is to say that Strasburg want change as he matures as a pitcher? Maybe he'll be fine throwing the gas that he throws the rest of his career. But what if he has 3 or 4 years plagued with injuries and he's done?

I guess I don't understand why all of the hype for pitcher whose career, to me, seems like more of a shot in the dark than a guy like Jason Heyward. The value of Strasburg's cards are crazy right now some even going for thousands of dollars when Heyward's cards are considerably lower. For a guy, like myself, that can't drop high dollar money on sports cards but still wants to be able to collect and turn a profit Heyward seems like the best buy at the moment. I don't know I might be crazy but this seems like the safe bet hands down. I'd like to hear what you think about this.