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05-11-2011, 10:17 PM #1
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Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
15 game hitting streak, 4 for 5 with a grand slam tonight.
.396 - 8 HR's - 30 RBI through 31 games.
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05-12-2011, 07:22 AM #2
Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
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.
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05-15-2011, 10:56 AM #3
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
Not to temper anyones enthusiam but most Single A pitchers will never make the majors so you have to keep the stats in perspective.
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05-15-2011, 11:28 AM #4
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
18 years old is the only perspective I need to remember.
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05-15-2011, 06:35 PM #5
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
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.
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05-15-2011, 06:52 PM #6
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05-15-2011, 07:51 PM #7
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05-15-2011, 08:59 PM #8
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
I knew I just should have sucked it up and bought that jersey from mlb auctions!!!
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05-19-2011, 10:52 AM #9
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
$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.
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05-19-2011, 12:23 PM #10
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
Sheffied and Arod still needed the help of performance inhancing drugs too.