When Stephen Strasburg and Gerrit Cole were selected number 1 in the draft, they were now under the microscope of the general public.
The Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates have pieces to build around for the next 20 years.
Stephen Strasburg has already had elbow surgery and missed most of a season, and hopefully Cole can avoid a similar fate.
These are 5 pitchers that never got that second chance due to injury- the chance Stephen Strasburg was given.
Careers were cut short, and these were the 5 brightest stars that never made it.