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Wieters vs. Strasburg

John Sickels of Minor League Ball posed an interesting question on Wednesday. "If you could have Matt Wieters or Stephen Strasburg for your favorite major league team right now, who would you pick and why?"

Matt Wieters is an uber-prospect for the Baltimore Orioles. He is a 22 year-old switch hitting catcher whose 6'5" and 230 lb. He was ranked the number 1 overall minor league prospect by Baseball America and Sickels says of Wieters, "(He's the) best prospect in baseball. Mutant cross between Mauer and Piazza." In 2008 WIeters split his year between High-A and Double-A and hit a cool .355/.454/.600. He's also considered a great defensive catcher. He only had 3 passed balls all of last year and threw out 40% of potential base stealers. He should be in the majors sometime in the next few weeks and figures to stay around for a long time.

Stephen Strasburg is considered the consenus #1 prospect in this year's amateur draft. Strasburg is a 20 year-old right-handed pitcher at San Diego State University. He is 6'4", 220 lb., can touch 100 MPH with movement, throws a good mid 80's curveball and a changeup, and has pinpoint control. In 2008 he had a 1.57 ERA with a 133/16 K/BB ratio in 97 innings. In 2009 he had a 1.54 ERA with a 135/13 K/BB ratio in 70.1 innings. He also only allowed 4 home runs in his three year college career. Strasburg was the only college player on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Baseball team. Some people think he could be the best prospect ever and he may be in some lucky team's rotation as soon as this year. Here's a bio by Sickels.

So, which one of these young studs would you rather have on the Dodgers and why? Wieters actually has professional experience and doesn't come with the health risks that pitchers have, but we already have Russell Martin and Strasburg is considered by some to be an even brighter star. Do you grab Wieters and move one of the young catchers to 1st/3rd base? Does Martin become trade bait? Do you take Strasburg and fill a huge need by immediately slotting him into the #5 spot in our rotation, forming a deadly Billingsley/Kershaw/Strasburg trio for the next five years? The choice is yours.

Poll
If you could choose right now, who would you rather add to the Dodgers organization?
Matt Wieters
62 votes
Stephen Strasburg
122 votes

184 votes | Poll has closed

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Tuesday Dodger Trivia

Name the only pitcher to win 50 games for both the Dodgers and the Giants.  Try to do it without looking it up.

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Belated Tuesday Dodger Trivia

Since I was late with this question, you get two questions:

1) Who was the first Los Angeles Dodger position player to pitch in a game?

2) Which two players both hold the Dodger record for home runs in a single minor league season?

Answers to come Wednesday afternoon.

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Tuesday Dodger Trivia

Who was the last Dodger to hit for the cycle?  What is the largest margin of victory by the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Francisco Giants?

Answer to come Wednesday afternoon if it isn't answered by then.

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Tuesday Dodger Trivia

Will Chad Billingsley join this list sometime soon?

More photos » by Jeff Lewis - AP

Will Chad Billingsley join this list sometime soon?

I completely stole this idea watching the Giants' broadcast today.  The Dodgers have won nine Cy Young Awards.  Name the seven Dodgers who have finished second in the Cy Young Award voting.

Answer to follow later tonight.

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Tuesday Dodger Trivia

Today's question is a little late, so I'll wait to give the answer until Wednesday afternoon.

What Dodger team had the best start after 100 games since the move to Los Angeles?

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Tuesday Dodger Trivia

Since Opening Day is less than two weeks away, let's look at how the Los Angeles Dodgers have done on opening day in Los Angeles.

Who holds the longest Opening Day hitting streak in Los Angeles Dodger history?  That is, from 1958-2008, what Dodger had hits in the most consecutive opening days?

Answer to come later Tuesday evening, although this one is easy especially relative to previous questions.

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Tuesday Dodger Trivia

Name that Dodger:

1) He was born in a city where the Dodgers most common non-Yankee World Series opponent calls home

2) He has the same number of at-bats, hits, and doubles as a Dodger as a former Hall of Fame Game MVP

Answer will be provided Tuesday evening if nobody gets the right answer.  I wish you The Best of Luck.

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