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Overhyped and overexposed in the media, definitely.
Overrated, no way
I agree with this, i see no reason he does not grow in to a perennial all star. The next coming of Christ? Perhaps not...
Harper has yet to play an inning of regular season Major League baseball at age 21, as he ended last season at only 20 years old. Only 3 players in the history of baseball had a higher OPS at age 20; Mickey Mantle, Mell Ott and Tony Conigliaro. Yes, Harper's OPS at age 20 is even higher than Mike Trout's was. Overrated? Please. Card-wise, he's EXTREMELY underrated as of right now and is one of the best buys out there.
I was with you until the bolded part when you, in my humble opinion, overstated your point of contention. I think he is going to have to do better than .270/20/60, regardless of his age, to really justify and increase in his current (and in my opinion perhaps a bit too high) prices. Either way, and considering all current context, I believe very few would agree that his prices/cards are as you put it "EXTREMELY underrated". If there were, they would be buying and pushing prices up, no?
Using the context of his performance before his age 21 season, he IS extremely underrated in the hobby. I think you may be thinking of his initial hype, as his prices have plummeted to a fraction of what they once were. I don't know why people have slowed down buying Harper. Probably because of articles like this and sentiments like yours. I don't care personally, as I buy players I believe to be under-appreciated in the hobby. Lots of great Harper steals out there. You won't find Trout steals.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/24/mlb-players-think-bryce-harper-is-the-most-overrated-in-all-of-baseball/
"ESPN the Magazine has joined in the increasingly common “let’s anonymously poll a hundred or two players and ask them who’s overrated” game. Except none of these things ever define what overrated means. Heck, I don’t know that anyone who talks about overrated/underrated knows what they really mean when they say that. Really, these kinds of polls are totally overrated.
Anyway, the players think that Bryce Harper is the most overrated. Which suggests to me that what most of these guys think of as “overrated” is really “overhyped” or “overreported.” I say this because I don’t get the sense that the general assessment of Harper’s skills are out of line with what he’s done thus far, especially at his young age. Also, they rate A-Rod as the third most overrated player, and who is rating A-Rod all that highly these days? It’s all about spilled ink, methinks, not what people actually think of them vis a vis their qualities as ballplayers."
Harper had 24% of the vote and Puig had 21%
Trout was voted best player at 56% and Miggy at 26%
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/24/mlb-players-think-bryce-harper-is-the-most-overrated-in-all-of-baseball/
"ESPN the Magazine has joined in the increasingly common “let’s anonymously poll a hundred or two players and ask them who’s overrated” game. Except none of these things ever define what overrated means. Heck, I don’t know that anyone who talks about overrated/underrated knows what they really mean when they say that. Really, these kinds of polls are totally overrated.
Anyway, the players think that Bryce Harper is the most overrated. Which suggests to me that what most of these guys think of as “overrated” is really “overhyped” or “overreported.” I say this because I don’t get the sense that the general assessment of Harper’s skills are out of line with what he’s done thus far, especially at his young age. Also, they rate A-Rod as the third most overrated player, and who is rating A-Rod all that highly these days? It’s all about spilled ink, methinks, not what people actually think of them vis a vis their qualities as ballplayers."
Harper had 24% of the vote and Puig had 21%
Trout was voted best player at 56% and Miggy at 26%
Overhyped and overexposed in the media, definitely.
Overrated, no way