Is Strasburg Not Baseball's Best Prospect?

Sure every baseball fan is fixated on the arrival of baseball’s Next Big Thing, Stephen Strasburg. But there’s another behemoth on the horizon, and he just might have a bigger impact than the Nationals’ golden boy. Florida outfield prospect Mike Stanton is an absolute beast. And no, we’re obviously not talking about the former major league veteran reliever. This Mike Stanton is a 6-foot-5, 235-pound power-hitting phenom. I told my roommate during Spring Training to keep an eye on Stanton and be ready to pounce when he gets called up. Well, he better save that waiver priority. Because it’s only a matter of time before the 20-year old stud gets the call to head to South Florida and skip Triple-A altogether. In 48 games with Double-A Jacksonville, Stanton has hit 20 home runs and is hitting a career-best .307 with 40 walks to 50 strikeouts. Tuesday night Marlins team president Larry Beinfest and assistant general manager Dan Jennings were both in the s...