Prospect Updates: Strasburg, Harper, Sanchez

Updates on some of the biggest names in baseball who have yet to put on a major league uniform: It's fair to expect intense negotiations between Stephen Strasburg, Scott Boras and the Washington Nationals this summer. In this Philadephia Inquirer article by Don McKee, Jered Weaver says his negotiations were too "frantic" back when he was a top college pitcher like Strasburg . Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic says the D'Backs are creating so many new ways to lose that they could end up with a worse record than the Nationals and the chance to take Bryce Harper first overall next June.  Dave Mackall of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  reports that Pirates first rounder Tony Sanchez is "not oblivious" to the critics who say the Pirates drafted him too early. Pedro Alvarez has been promoted to AA, according to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Steve Melewski of MASN.com reports that Mychal Givens was surpr...