Bryce Haper, 16yo phenom?

[BigMoneyNacku]

 

Just read this and the kid looks like the real deal. The article has a video at the bottom.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Bryce-Harper-punches-his-ticket-to-Cooperstown-a?urn=mlb,167844

[Chaka]

that kids from my home town!

[BigMoneyNacku]

Go watch one of thier games and let us know how he looks in person! ;D

[Prane]

Well there is no question the guy has power at hitting and throwing. I'm curious to see how he transitions to the bigs.

[meauxpack]

I read the article in SI when it came yesterday, dude sounds like the real deal. The thing that probably stuck out most to me though is how his parents are trying to finagle the Draft eligibility rules. I am an absolute DIEHARD baseball fan, and, bar none, the biggest issue facing MLB is fixing the draft. It's the only major sport where you consistently have teams passing on top talent due to 'signability' issues. I would personally be thrilled to death if they allowed teams to trade draft picks like in other sports.

 

Take the Nationals this year for example. Stephen Strasburg is hands-down the top amateur player eligible for the draft this year and he has every single GM drooling all over their power ties. He's going to command a king's ransom to sign and the nationals really don't have any other option but to draft and attempt to sign him. The Nationals are an altogether mess though, and are way farther away from relevance than one player. If the Nationals were able to trade the rights to Strasburg to another team, they would undoubtedly get back multiple first round picks and probably some near MLB-ready talent as well for it. It would also stop the bullshit that leads to guys like Rick Porcello being drafted 27th when he was a consensus Top-5 talent.

 

/rant