It's a stretch: Nats' Strasburg may ditch windup (Yahoo Sports)

Stephen Strasburg may emulate closers and pitch only from the stretch this season. Strasburg avoided a windup for all 23 of his pitches in a 2-1, 10-ininng loss by a Washington split squad to St. Louis on Friday, his first appearance of spring training. ''I'm not trying to reinvent myself, but just trying to simplify things as much as I can and be able to repeat my mechanics,'' Strasburg said.