These are absolutely unreal…He is still only 17 years old and is the unanimous # 1 pick next month. His agent is Scott Boras and is projected to get 8-10 million signing bonus and total deal 20-25 million. His JUCO is ranked 2nd in the country and they play in the best JUCO league. The amazing thing is the league is a wood bat league. Imagine his numbers with a composite/aluminum bat? He’s 6’3” 200 lbs and is projected to grow 2-3 more inches. Scouts are saying he is not MLB ready to catch yet but he could play RF for the Nationals this year. They will have Strausberg, Harper and Drew Storen as their closer.

 

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld%

Harper, Bryce .442 62-62 215 88 95 22 4 29 89 212 .986 35 3 39 2 .524 1 0 18-22 305 19 7 .979

 

 

Bored waiting for the Reds game to start back up and came up with these numbers projected to 162 games :

 

 

 

.442 avg

562 ab’s

230 runs

251 hits

58 doubles

11 triples

76 home runs

232 rbi’s

554 total bases

.986 slugging %

92 walks

.524 obp%

47-57 steals

 

His team is playing in the JUCO world series which uses aluminum/composite bats and he has done this :

 

In the Western district finals of the 2010 NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) World Series, Harper went 6-for-7 with 5 RBIs and hit for the cycle. [10]. The next day, in a doubleheader, he went 2-for-5 with a three-run double in the first game, and in the second game went 6-for-6 with 4 home runs, a triple, and a double. [11]

My goodness. Between him and Strasburg the Nats have a future.

I've seen video of him hitting soft toss 400' over the center field fence. That's hardcore.

Bryce had a decent game last night

 

2010 JUCO World Series

#2 Southern Nevada at #5 Iowa Western CC

Jun 01, 2010 at Grand Junction, CO (Suplizio Field)

 

Southern Nevada 12 (52-14,3-0 JUCO)

 

Player ab r h rbi

Scott Dysinger 2b 3 3 3 1

Gabe Weidnaar 3b 5 1 0 0

Bryce Harper rf 5 3 3 8

Trent Cook 1b 5 1 3 2

Trevor Kirk cf/lf 5 0 2 0

Marvin Campbell lf 5 0 0 0

Josh Demello cf 0 0 0 0

Tomo Delp dh 5 1 1 0

Ryan Scott c 4 1 1 0

Daniel Higa ss 3 2 0 0

Joe Robinson p 0 0 0 0

Kenny McDowall p 0 0 0 0

Totals 40 12 13 11

Iowa Western CC 7 (47-13,1-1 JUCO)

 

Player ab r h rbi

Ivan Hartle 2b 4 2 2 1

Brandon Bass ss 5 2 2 0

Brent Seifert 3b 4 0 1 1

Michael Schulze ph 1 0 0 0

Ryan Hutchison cf 4 1 0 1

Anthony Bemboom c 4 1 2 1

Tanner Moore lf 3 1 1 0

Spencer Shockley dh 3 0 1 0

Kevin Starr 1b 4 0 1 0

Adam Lavelle rf 4 0 0 1

Zach Willand p 0 0 0 0

Jordan Kistler p 0 0 0 0

Brandon Winkelmann p 0 0 0 0

Spencer Brady p 0 0 0 0

Totals 36 7 10 5

Score by Innings R H E

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Southern Nevada..... 003 035 001 - 12 13 3

Iowa Western CC..... 212 000 200 - 7 10 1

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E - S. Dysinger(1); D. Higa 2(3); B. Seifert(1). DP - So. Nevada 3; Iowa Western 1. LOB - So. Nevada 4; Iowa Western 7. 2B - Bryce Harper(1); T. Delp. HR - Bryce Harper 2(2); T. Cook(1); I. Hartle(2); A. Bemboom(1). HBP - R. Hutchison. SB - S. Dysinger(1); B. Bass(1); T. Moore(1). CS - T. Kirk(1).

I've seen video of him hitting soft toss 400' over the center field fence. That's hardcore.

 

I saw that video, too, and it blew me away!

Bryce Harper has been tearing it up for some time now. Before he left high school early, he hit one I think like over 520 or something like that in a high school national all-star home run derby. He also had a fastball in the 90's, but as alluded to, catching is his main squeeze so probably won't ever see him on the bump. I'm sure before too long though we will see him throwing out quite a few base runners.

I can't wait until this guy's in the majors.

Is he the kid from Vegas who dropped out of HS last season?

Saw an article today where Boras is trying to pitch to teams that they play him somewhere in the field instead of catching.

Is he the kid from Vegas who dropped out of HS last season?

 

I was just about to ask this. How is a 16/17 year old in Jr college?

^ I was just going to say I doubt he will be catching long if he is that good of a hitter.

I was just about to ask this. How is a 16/17 year old in Jr college?

 

Dropped out and skipped the last 2 years of high school to attend a junior college to get his GED. MLB says that if a kid drops out of high school, he has to wait one year to be eligible to be drafted. He went to junior college for this year.

Dropped out and skipped the last 2 years of high school to attend a junior college to get his GED. MLB says that if a kid drops out of high school, he has to wait one year to be eligible to be drafted. He went to junior college for this year.

 

I see.. not sure how I feel about that. Many pro athletes have blown 100 million dollar contracts. Hope he has a good supporting cast.

^ I was just going to say I doubt he will be catching long if he is that good of a hitter.

 

I keep saying that with Joe Mauer.

I see.. not sure how I feel about that. Many pro athletes have blown 100 million dollar contracts. Hope he has a good supporting cast.

 

He's projected to get between 8 and 12 million dollars for a signing bonus. No one has ever cracked 10 million, I don't believe. Strasburg got 7.5 million.