The Stephen Strasburg Controversy
As expected, the Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs Game 4 was postponed due to inclement weather. The original thought of this happening was that RHP Stephen Strasburg will be on the mound for Game 4. Well, that didn’t go as planned. After the announcement that the game was postponed, Dusty Baker went out to talk to the media. He would then break the news that Stephen Strasburg was under the weather and RHP Tanner Roark would be taking the mound for Game 4. Lets just say Twitter didn’t react to this to well.
https://twitter.com/dcNATSHACK/status/917884020041703424
The Nationals were given a gift and took it back to the store without opening it.
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) October 10, 2017
The part I can't get passed is if Strasburg was that sick, why was he having a normal run through w/guys on Tuesday? Send him home.
— Danny Rouhier (@funnydanny) October 11, 2017
#Nationals fans: "Thank god for this rain delay, now we can start Strasburg Game 4."
Nats: "We will start Tanner Roark."
Nats fans: pic.twitter.com/cUsip8yump
— What the Sports (@realwtsports) October 10, 2017
Here comes the plot twist, this morning at 8:32 PM, Jon Morosi (via @jonmorosi) tweeted out that Stephen Strasburg will indeed pitch in Game 4.
BREAKING: Stephen Strasburg now likely to start for #Nats today in Game 4, source says. @MLB @MLBNetwork
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) October 11, 2017
With that being said, Stephen Strasburg has a lot on his plate this afternoon.