Lars said:People never expected Tim Lincecum to be as great as he was coming up through the minors.
That is why the hype is greater and it almost doesn't matter Lincecum maybe the second or third best pitcher in all of baseball.
Strasburg is expected to tower over everyone else when he gets called up and starts his MLB career.
The expectations are silly, but fans and experts expect Strasburg to win three or four Cy Young Awards by the time he is 26. It will be a disappointment if he doesn't turn out to be another Roger Clemens [in the Rocket's prime, not the PED user in the his late 30s through mid 40s].
Some people did. (THIS GUY!)