Bryce Harper - Only the second 19 year-old ever to hit 20+ homeruns

[sportscardtheory]

They aren't. But people like them anyway.

Ditto on comparisons.

 

[matfanofold]

Its the fact that people compare him to Pete Rose and Ken Griffey Jr and now a young Barry Bonds (All-Time Greats) that I hope the Kids Fails greatly and just becomes and Avg player (which in reality wouldnt really be considered failing). Let the Kid play man. Lets do this Poll in 10 years when hes 29 and in his prime, atleast then he will have stats to back up any claims or comparision. I should have picked Niether But I picked Conigliaro for the simple fact that with his playing style he will get hurt before he can fully complete a career. With all the extra Technology and Vitamins and everything else it just seems like Players dont hold up like they use to. In 10 years we will see.

Not that I disagree with what you said, but I just want to re-post my initial post here for needed clairification...

"As mentioned in the thread, he is only 19 years old and predicting the future of such a young and talented ball player can be dificult. Throwing caution to the wind I really feel he can/should develope in to a player similar to a Barry Bonds circa Pittsburgh. I think he will be a .300 +/- hitter with 35 +/- power and can steal 30 +/- a season playing above average defense."

This hardly means I am flat out comparing him to Bonds as an All time Great, or at the very least did not intend to do so...

 

[elmalo]

Good grief, come on.

Conigliaro or Griffey?

I don't what anyone thinks of Harper, but Tony Conigliaro's beaning was one of baseball's terrible moments so to include him in a poll of possible outcomes for Harper is total crap. No one knows Tony C's career would have become without the beaning.

Youngest player to 100 homeruns. So sad.

 

[Jaypers]

Ditto on comparisons.

+1.

 

[elmalo]

Canigliaro is there because he had an amazing RC season for a teenager and then regardless of what happened whether he got attacked by a shark or hit in the head by a baseball faded. Its not a knock on what could have been etc, its the fact that not many people are aware of his story. I take no offense to him being in the poll.

He had more than an amzing rookie season. His firt 3 seasons were very good and he was on his way to having a monster year in 67 until the beaning. Its amazing that he was able to come back and have 2 good years after the beaning.

 

[moxacaine]

He had more than an amzing rookie season. His firt 3 seasons were very good and he was on his way to having a monster year in 67 until the beaning. Its amazing that he was able to come back and have 2 good years after the beaning.

Yeah, i meant as far as comparing rookie seasons and basically nobody remembering him. I am not familiar with the whole story and didnt know how long after his rc season he played.

 

[mlbsalltimegreats]

Not that I disagree with what you said, but I just want to re-post my initial post here for needed clairification...

"As mentioned in the thread, he is only 19 years old and predicting the future of such a young and talented ball player can be dificult. Throwing caution to the wind I really feel he can/should develope in to a player similar to a Barry Bonds circa Pittsburgh. I think he will be a .300 +/- hitter with 35 +/- power and can steal 30 +/- a season playing above average defense."

This hardly means I am flat out comparing him to Bonds as an All time Great, or at the very least did not intend to do so...

I got ya matfan, even throwing caution to the wind Its more of the fact that people are even putting him in the same breath as legends and imo shouldnt be or atleast not worthy yet in my eyes. I understand being excited for a player and i would love to see the next Bonds, Griffey, Pete Rose but it seem like these kids are hyped up so much by fans and media that they will never live up to the next?? Its like we now set them up for failer. I doubt we see another Bonds, Griffey, Ect ect and if we do it will be someone who was not as hyped an kinda goes unnoticed (hard to do in todays media and espn as they hype anyone for anything :lol or underrated until he has enough stats to say, how did we miss this guy. Who really knows i honestly thought braun was not gonna be a 30+ homerun guy or a star (because of his bad defense and size ) and look at him now, the Kid has been consistant for years now. And to be honest i dont recall Braun being compared to many greats if at all.

 

[sportscardtheory]

I got ya matfan, even throwing caution to the wind Its more of the fact that people are even putting him in the same breath as legends and imo shouldnt be or atleast not worthy yet in my eyes. I understand being excited for a player and i would love to see the next Bonds, Griffey, Pete Rose but it seem like they kids are hyped up so much by fans and media that they will never live up to the next?? Its like we now set them up for failer. I doubt we see another Bonds, Griffey, Ect ect and if we do it will be someone who was not as hyped an kinda goes unnoticed (hard to do in todays media and espn as they hype anyone for anything :lol or underrated until he has enough stats to say, how did we miss this guy. Who really knows i honestly thought braun was not gonna be a 30+ homerun guy or a star (because of his bad defense and size ) and look at him now, the Kid has been consistant for years now. And to be honest i dont recall Braun being compared to many greats if at all.

Every great of the game started in his rookie season just like Harper and many had similar hype as Harper. Hype was not invented with Bryce Harper. I think his hype this season is actually pretty tame compared to some I have seen since being around this hobby since 1989.

 

[RiceLynnEvans75]

I voted Griffey. Will he be? Who the heck knows but I'll always pull for someone to have a great career.

What I do love is what appears to be a solid young crop of ballplayers right now in the big leagues that should be entertaining to watch for years.

 

[All The Hype]

As mentioned in the thread, he is only 19 years old and predicting the future of such a young and talented ball player can be dificult. Throwing caution to the wind I really feel he can/should develope in to a player similar to a Barry Bonds circa Pittsburgh. I think he will be a .300 +/- hitter with 35 +/- power and can steal 30 +/- a season playing above average defense.

Starting a career so early makes it fun to think about projections. He's the kind of guy who could break all the age records when it comes to homerun milestones. I agree with the quoted projections, I think Harper will develop into a true stud as he gets more at bats against ML pitching.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

Harper is good for baseball. Forget about CARDS, im talking about the GAME

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

Its the fact that people compare him to Pete Rose and Ken Griffey Jr and now a young Barry Bonds (All-Time Greats) that I hope the Kids Fails greatly and just becomes and Avg player (which in reality wouldnt really be considered failing). Let the Kid play man. Lets do this Poll in 10 years when hes 29 and in his prime, atleast then he will have stats to back up any claims or comparision. I should have picked Niether But I picked Conigliaro for the simple fact that with his playing style he will get hurt before he can fully complete a career. With all the extra Technology and Vitamins and everything else it just seems like Players dont hold up like they use to. In 10 years we will see.

On that note, Harper has over 10,700 fewer plate appearances than Junior LOL.

I don't mind the occasional dreaming of what the youngsters can do, but it shouldn't be the only thing one thinks about as there's too much other stuff in the game to enjoy... balance is healthy.

 

[nosterbor]

Bryce Harper is the next... Bryce Harper. HOW hard is that?

 

[scotty216brs]

Bryce Harper is the next... Bryce Harper. HOW hard is that?

Yeah, I don't think he needs a comparison...he is who he is. He has a ton of potential, with very good power/speed numbers. Sky is the limit for him at his age.

 

[petMonster]

Based on the predictions we were hearing same time last year, I'm surprised he only has 20HR. I expected he would've had 74 by now!!! Now that we've actually had a chance to see him play and we can make a somewhat more informed prediction, I'll compare him to offensively to Reggie Jackson (lots of HR and RBI w/ .250-.275 AVG) but with twice as many steals. Defensively, Harper is not as good as Griffey but he plays the outfield with so much intensity. That could be his downfall because we all know how Griffey's defensive play contributed to his shortened seasons. But that's where the Griffey comparison ends for me. Even Griffey couldn't live up to Griffey with all the injuries.

 

[markakis8]

If Bryce Harper ends up reaching the top of his potential, Reggie Jackson will bow down to him.

With the adjustments I've seen Bryce Harper make as a 19 year old, I could easily see him as a perennial .330 35 120 RBI guy. And that doesn't count for his speed, however he chooses to use it.

 

[nborton]

I enjoy these discussions too. However it's just overreaction at this point. I can EASILY see this board next year going bonkers for Harper, while Trout becomes second fiddle.

Post from next year: "What's happened to Trout? He's only hitting .298 this year. While Harper is hitting .315 with 35 HRs. Is something wrong with him? I thought he was going to hit .365 or higher his whole career. I'm selling all my Trouts, and buying Harper."

 

[hive17]

He could always hope to be Rrobin Yount; but he's already a year behind

I hope he follows Bond's track (which is basically Griffey's track w/o injuries); and never uses PEDs of course.

 

[nborton]

He could always hope to be Rrobin Yount; but he's already a year behind

I hope he follows Bond's track (which is basically Griffey's track w/o injuries); and never uses PEDs of course.

Griffey's career for those of us who grew up in the 90s is sad. He was on his way to being the best hitter ever. Hopefully the all out hustle doesn't cause a terrible injury, and derail Harper like it did for Griffey and so many others.

 

[linuxabuser]

Its the fact that people compare him to Pete Rose and Ken Griffey Jr and now a young Barry Bonds (All-Time Greats) that I hope the Kids Fails greatly and just becomes and Avg player (which in reality wouldnt really be considered failing). Let the Kid play man. Lets do this Poll in 10 years when hes 29 and in his prime, atleast then he will have stats to back up any claims or comparision. I should have picked Niether But I picked Conigliaro for the simple fact that with his playing style he will get hurt before he can fully complete a career. With all the extra Technology and Vitamins and everything else it just seems like Players dont hold up like they use to. In 10 years we will see.

I logged in just to tell you how stupid you are.