Bryce Harper (Official Thread of Unreal Expectations Due to Self-Promotion)

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by osugrad21

Not many playing on the grass there eh? The scary thing is the bats would also likely be mandated to be heavier...HS used to be -4 and had to change back to a -3 ratio. The only problem in MLB is these guys are strong enough to swing that much weight...

Edge of the OF grass maybe.

We all know metal bats in MLB = dead MLB players but I'd pay money to watch them used in a HR derby.

[BuckeyeNation27]

Originally Posted by AmeriBuck007

Gary Sheffield swings harder than anyone in baseball, outside of maybe Vlad Guerrero. You try playin 3B with one of those two up at the plate with a metal bat.

Harder than Juan Uribe? Impossible.

[AmeriBuck007]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27

Harder than Juan Uribe? Impossible.

How could the greatest utility infielder of all-time slip my mind?

[jmorbitz]

Originally Posted by MaxBuck

Does this person live in Narnia?

What are you getting at? You wanna watch Hamilton swing high on crack? Actually on second thought...

Originally Posted by AmeriBuck007

Gary Sheffield swings harder than anyone in baseball, outside of maybe Vlad Guerrero. You try playin 3B with one of those two up at the plate with a metal bat.

Natural lefty, so I'd be playing first base. It'd probably be out of the infield anyway. Look, I'm not arguing that Gary Sheffield isn't a decent pick, or someone I'd want to watch; more that I'd prefer to see other players than Sheffield. I'd like to see MLB players swing metal bats in a Home Run Derby, or some exhibition event only. Never in the real game. It's bad enough college players are using them.

[Jaxbuck]

Nobody currently hits them farther with a wooden bat than Adam Dunn, (sorry if mentioning his name offends some), so watching him in a HR derby with an aluminum bat would be a sight to see.

[AmeriBuck007]

Regardless of all this Harper has a sweet, sweet swing. A 110+ mph swing with an aluminum bat as a 15 year old still equates to a pretty damn fast swing with a wooden bat. Baseball is just the hardest sport to be able to project someone as a superstar, and getting drafted shortly after he gets his drivers license probably wont turn out too well. Which means that we should look for the Indians to take him with the 1st pick of the 2010 draft.

[jmorbitz]

Originally Posted by AmeriBuck007

Regardless of all this Harper has a sweet, sweet swing. A 110+ mph swing with an aluminum bat as a 15 year old still equates to a pretty damn fast swing with a wooden bat. Baseball is just the hardest sport to be able to project someone as a superstar, and getting drafted shortly after he gets his drivers license probably wont turn out too well. Which means that we should look for the Indians to take him with the 1st pick of the 2010 draft.

Agree completely. Time will tell how this player develops mentally, emotionally, and physically from adolescence to young adulthood while being in such a spotlight, much less his playing ability.

[EDDIE GGGG27]

E:60 has a story on Bryce tonight.

[EDDIE GGGG27]

I call BS on that 570 Ft HR. You cant even see where they said it landed from the field. It probably hit the road and bounced onto the dirt.

YouTube - E:60 "The Natural" Bryce...