The San Diego State Aztecs baseball team got an A-list addition to its coaching staff on Monday when it announced Stephen Strasburg as a special assistant to head coach Kevin Vance.

Strasburg pitched for the Aztecs from 2007 to 2009, compiling a career 1.59 ERA under Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, who was head coach at San Diego State from 2003 to 2014. The Washington Nationals selected him No. 1 overall in the 2009 draft and he made his debut a year later. He went on to be named to three All-Star teams and was a member of Washington's 2019 World Series championship squad, where he was named MVP of the Fall Classic.

Unfortunately for Strasburg, his career was never the same after that. Injuries derailed his next four seasons, forcing him into retirement at age 33.

But as Vance noted, t

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