Nobody had more hype around him than Stephen Strasburg. Nobody.

And while his career was battered by injuries, Strasburg still found a way to live up to most of the hype. When the uber-talented right-hander was on the mound for the Washington Nationals, he was one of the best pitchers in MLB.

That was true right from the start, his major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a magnified outing in which Strasburg showed off his entire arsenal and looked almost unhittable.

This is all relevant to look back on now because Strasburg was announced Tuesday as an inductee into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

Strasburg was a legend at San Diego State before he went to the Nats with the first overall pick in 2009.

Strasburg was a three-time All-Star, and when the Nationals won the World Series in 2019, he was the World Series MVP.

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He had a career 113-62 record with a 3.24 ERA while striking out 10.5 batters per nine innings.

The problem is that, after starting 33 games in 2019, Strasburg started two, then five, then one the next three seasons. And that was it.

His age-33 season was his last in MLB, and it featured seven runs allowed in just 4.2 innings. 

But Strasburg deserves the college hall of fame honor he's receiving, just as he deserves all the positive remembrances of his highly anticipated pitching career, many expectations of which he happened to live up to.

There really was no one quite like Stephen Strasburg.

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