Bryce Harper...

[pellegrino]

I just bought MLB.tv premium package for xbox live- good for the rest of the season and going for only $10 on a special running today and tomorrow! ropeller:

watching the Nats right now!

does this work with any MLB.tv app? I have one on my dvd player.

[il Padrino Ute]

Or he could do what Barry Bonds did and pack on the armour, crowd the plate and still pull everthing.

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[Non Sequitur]

Yep. He will kill it if they go inside and the pitchers know it.

Right now, he's young and not quite mature enough to realize that a Texas-leaguer to the opposite field is just as effective as a line-drive single. Everyone wants to make solid contact each at bat, but the best hitters take what they can get. As he gets older, he'll figure it out.

Or he could do what Barry Bonds did and pack on the armour, crowd the plate and still pull everthing.

[Commando]

I just bought MLB.tv premium package for xbox live- good for the rest of the season and going for only $10 on a special running today and tomorrow! ropeller:

watching the Nats right now!

[il Padrino Ute]

I'm no baseball sophisticate, but the announcers keep talking about how everyone is pitching him away and that he as to learn to lay off of those/hit some of them.

Yep. He will kill it if they go inside and the pitchers know it.

Right now, he's young and not quite mature enough to realize that a Texas-leaguer to the opposite field is just as effective as a line-drive single. Everyone wants to make solid contact each at bat, but the best hitters take what they can get. As he gets older, he'll figure it out.

[UtahDan]

The homeruns will get better as he learns to adjust to the pitching. Right now, he's learning how to hit at the major league level. The pitchers at this level are better because they make fewer mistakes than in the minor leagues. Once Harper learns to recognize when the pitcher has made a mistake, his homerun numbers will go up.

That's how I see it, anyway.

I'm no baseball sophisticate, but the announcers keep talking about how everyone is pitching him away and that he as to learn to lay off of those/hit some of them.

[Jarid in Cedar]

The homeruns will get better as he learns to adjust to the pitching. Right now, he's learning how to hit at the major league level. The pitchers at this level are better because they make fewer mistakes than in the minor leagues. Once Harper learns to recognize when the pitcher has made a mistake, his homerun numbers will go up.

That's how I see it, anyway.

welcome back.

[smokymountainrain]

The homeruns will get better as he learns to adjust to the pitching. Right now, he's learning how to hit at the major league level. The pitchers at this level are better because they make fewer mistakes than in the minor leagues. Once Harper learns to recognize when the pitcher has made a mistake, his homerun numbers will go up.

That's how I see it, anyway.

Good points. Hard to disagree with that.

[il Padrino Ute]

I thought his power numbers would be stronger at this point. A .250 average is about what I expected, but 12 HRs at this point seems a little low for a guy with his strength, athleticism and apparently legendary bat speed.

The homeruns will get better as he learns to adjust to the pitching. Right now, he's learning how to hit at the major league level. The pitchers at this level are better because they make fewer mistakes than in the minor leagues. Once Harper learns to recognize when the pitcher has made a mistake, his homerun numbers will go up.

That's how I see it, anyway.

[smokymountainrain]

I thought his power numbers would be stronger at this point. A .250 average is about what I expected, but 12 HRs at this point seems a little low for a guy with his strength, athleticism and apparently legendary bat speed.

[il Padrino Ute]

It was just a question of time before MLB pitching caught up to him. Still a very solid season so far for someone his age.

Agreed. I'd even say it's a solid season for any age, especially a rookie. He's more than proven that he belongs at that level.

[MarkGrace]

It was just a question of time before MLB pitching caught up to him. Still a very solid season so far for someone his age.

And it was a bit surprising that it didn't happen sooner, as minor league pitching had already seemd to catch up to him as he advanced.

[UtahDan]

It was just a question of time before MLB pitching caught up to him. Still a very solid season so far for someone his age.

Definitely. It will be interesting to see what Davey Johnson does going forward. For a while it was starting to look like he might be rotating Harper and Tyler Moore (though he denied it) depending on whether the starter was a lefty or righty. But as of late it appears that Bryce has shored that situation back up.

I believe Harper will be great for us for years to come. But as of right now my man crush has shifted to the Beast.

[Indy Coug]

It was just a question of time before MLB pitching caught up to him. Still a very solid season so far for someone his age.

[MarkGrace]

It's amazing that his averages and %'s have regressed to almost exactly mirror the projections statisticians were making for him when he was called up. I wish I could find a projection I saw, but if memory serves it's almost right on the money to his current numbers.