Strasburg Promoted to AAA Syracuse

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It’s official — the Nationals announced today that 21-year-old Stephen Strasburg has been promoted to Triple-A Syracuse.

So far, Strasburg (3-1 in Double-A play) is putting up the numbers and ranks among the Eastern League’s top pitchers after 27 strikeouts, 0.86 WHIP, 8.18 baserunners per 9.0 innings, .165 batting average against and 1.64 ERA  in five starts with the Harrisburg Double-A team.

Strasburg will make his Triple-A debut on Friday against the Gwinnett Braves.

Rachel moved to DC in the fall of 2005 to study Journalism and Music at American University. When she’s not keeping up with the latest Major League Baseball news, she works on making music as an accomplished singer-songwriter and was even a featured performer/speaker at TEDxDupont Circle in 2012. Rachel has also contributed to The Washington Examiner and MASN Sports’ Nationals Buzz as a guest blogger. See why she loves DC. E-Mail: rachel@welovedc.com.

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