• 2009 No. 1 Draft pick and Mountain West Pitcher of the Year Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State) made his 2011 season debut with the Washington Nationals on Sept. 6. Strasburg, who spent the past year recovering from Tommy John surgery, ended up throwing five shutout innings and allowed two hits before leaving the game with a 3-0 lead. He struck out four hitters and walked none, averaging 11.2 pitches per inning.
• Also from the MW all-conference Class of 2009, reliever Addison Reed (San Diego State) was called up on Sept. 2 by the Chicago White Sox. Reed made his MLB debut on Sept. 4 at Detroit, throwing 1.2 innings of relief.
• Former 2008 all-Mountain West reliever Andrew Cashner (TCU) was activated from the 60-day disabled list by the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 4. The Cubs plan to use caution in using Cashner over the end of the season.
• 2007 MW Player of the Year Jordan Pacheco (New Mexico) was called up by the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 6 and made the most of his major league debut that night. Pacheco, who played mostly catcher for the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox all season, started the game at third base and recorded two singles and two RBI in the 8-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• 2006 MW Pitcher of the Year Danny Ray Herrera (New Mexico) was picked up by the New York Mets on Sept. 1 from the Brewers to complete the teams' mid-July trade for reliever Francisco Rodriguez. Herrera has made three relief appearances since the move to New York.
Mick McGrane has covered the Mountain West since the league's inception in 1999. He spent 12 years at the San Diego Union-Tribune, where he served as the beat writer for San Diego State football and men's basketball. He currently represents the MW as a member of the Football Writers Association of America All-America Committee and is a member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. McGrane serves as senior writer to the Mountain West, providing readers with exclusive, in-depth information about the Conference by highlighting its eight member institutions and contributing feature stories on student-athletes that participate in the league's 18 sponsored sports.
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