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Prospect Q&A - Drew Storen, Nationals

There's a lot of blame to be spread around for the Washington Nationals' 26-61 first-half showing, and the team's relief pitchers certainly deserve a good chunk of it. The Nats rank dead last in Major League Baseball in bullpen ERA (5.71) and their relievers have combined to blow more than half the save opportunities their young rotation has provided (a big league-worst 18 of 32). Given that backdrop, it comes as no surprise that the club used its second first-round pick in the 2009 draft, No. 10 overall, to select college baseball's top reliever, Drew Storen of Stanford.