Bryce Harper is tearing up single A

[freddiefreeman5]

15 game hitting streak, 4 for 5 with a grand slam tonight.

.396 - 8 HR's - 30 RBI through 31 games. :eek:

[justinwc80]

I'm hoping he stays at Single A for a while longer so I can make the drive to Greensboro for the 20-23 May series.

[legaleagle92481]

Not to temper anyones enthusiam but most Single A pitchers will never make the majors so you have to keep the stats in perspective.

[freddiefreeman5]

18 years old is the only perspective I need to remember. :D

[legaleagle92481]

18 years old is the only perspective I need to remember. :D

Hes not a true 18 year old, he played JUCO ball so he is not out of high school here. I am always wary of prospects because as a Mets fan I have experienced Alex Escobar, Fernando Martinez and Lastings Milledge in the last decade. All had tremendous hype and great years in the minors. None exactely tore up the big leagues.

[Neal]

Hes not a true 18 year old, he played JUCO ball so he is not out of high school here. I am always wary of prospects because as a Mets fan I have experienced Alex Escobar, Fernando Martinez and Lastings Milledge in the last decade. All had tremendous hype and great years in the minors. None exactely tore up the big leagues.

Correct, but none of those guys had the hype or alleged talent that Harper does.

A move to AA should be soon, if not yesterday.

[freddiefreeman5]

Hes not a true 18 year old, he played JUCO ball so he is not out of high school here. I am always wary of prospects because as a Mets fan I have experienced Alex Escobar, Fernando Martinez and Lastings Milledge in the last decade. All had tremendous hype and great years in the minors. None exactely tore up the big leagues.
I remember Greg Jefferies and all the wasted money I spent on his rookie cards. :o

[justinbittner220]

I knew I just should have sucked it up and bought that jersey from mlb auctions!!!:o

[jake33]

$3,000 for his game used jersey is insane.

Basically if he doesn't get 500 AND 3,000 hits (being injury free at the back end his career is unpredictable), that jersey would be a waste of money. Can he really exceed expectations at all with the bar so high? Well, I somewhat take that back, if he has a 60+ Homerun season or a .380 average or higher, that jersey could get cashed in on the short term.

Also, if he doesn't ever win a world series his value will be somewhat damaged too, but as bad a a NFL QB who doesn win a Super Bowl though.

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It is odd with "rookie" or future star collectors. A lot of them really get into the hype of a good young player. This may be a bad example, butI recall a ton of hype here in Wisconsin with Gary Sheffield in the late 1980's. People were thinking 3,000 hits and 500 home runs for him. Ok, he hit 500 HR's and was pretty close to 3,000 hits and won a a world series, and a multiple all star. So when he started to get those predicted numbers, people are like "eh... he's washed up."

It is like when guys hit expectations and career milestones, they are old news by then. Like I said Sheff, may be a bad example on this. Alex Rodriguez is a guy with big expectations though and is producing and the value of his G.U. is still high. But overall, it seems like "potential" is often more important that endpoint production.

[freddiefreeman5]

Sheffied and Arod still needed the help of performance inhancing drugs too.

[BULBUS]

Sheffied and Arod still needed the help of performance inhancing drugs too.

They didn't, that's the sad part :(

[jake33]

That is why I qualified sheff and a-rod and said they may not be the best examples.

[freddiefreeman5]

They didn't, that's the sad part :(
Sheff did to get to 500.
Arod didn't to get to 500 but probably did to get to 600.