Bryce Harper – Major League Baseball Number 1 Draft Pick 2010
May 14, 2010 by Bryce Harper
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The baseball draft is scheduled for June 7th 2010, which is one month away. The next Ken Griffey Junior and Alex Rodriguez will be (should be) the number one draft pick of the MLB draft. This player of course, being Bryce Harper.
Let’s hope he has his head on a little straighter than Alex Rodriguez too!
Bryce Harper is only a junior in high school{should be a junior} and he is batting over .400 in a very competitive junior college league. His team would beat many division one baseball squads. Harper would be the best of the best. It is very possible that he could be the best of the best in his future professional baseball career. His hard work ethic, raw power and perfect swing and talent at many positions is making the Washington Nationals’ baseball team salivate at the possibilities.
Bryce Harper has many talents in baseball and one of them, being the positions he plays. He is a catcher at heart. Some scouts feel he lacks the proper mechanics behind the plate and does not compare to that of Joe Mauer’s defensive prowess. Others feel differently. He can pitch, play 3rd base and the outfield. This kid has a lot of raw talent.
Even if the Nationals do not draft Bryce Harper as the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft pick, he is sure to make a lot of money. Just think of that contract. He may be difficult to sign!
UPDATE…. Yes… I made a mistake in my post.. I did put the Senators at first but I did mean the Nationals as you can see further in the reading. I am sorry for the mistake. It has been edited.
Jack Nelson on Tue, 25th May 2010 5:44 am
Harper had unbelieveable weekend to lead his team to the NJCAA world series starting next weekend as in the championship game he hit 4 homers,a triple and double with 10 RBI’s. The previous day he also went 6-6 ,hitting for the cycle with 6 rbi’s and in the championship game he came to bat for the last time needing only a single for a cycle on consecutive days but instead hit a homer over the centerfield fence, his fourth of the game. Before this weekend he had been in a wood bat league ant hit ONLY 23 hr’s but his coach said he would easily have hit over 40 with aluminum bats and who could doubt him after what happened this past weekend which started with a blast of over 500 ft for his first of 7 homeruns for the weekend that boosted his total to 30. My only question is why do the opposing managers pitch to him, seems obvious it would be better to give him an intentional walk even if the bases are loaded, two 6 for 6 games on successive days should be a warning shot over the bow to their opponents at the World Series in Grand Junction, Co. next weekend.
saucY on Tue, 1st Jun 2010 3:05 pm
“Let’s hope he has his head on a little straighter than Alex Rodriguez too!”
from what i’ve read, that may be a tall order for him
i wish him luck though. a signing like this could turn the Nationals around like the Rays have in recent years…
JohnnyBluecollar on Wed, 2nd Jun 2010 6:29 pm
What you have to keep in prespective is that the player is only 17 yrs old. There is a big difference physically between 17 yrs and even 19 yrs of age. I don’t want to go on record and state that he is the savior of baseball, but he’s going to be an impact player.
I hope that he keeps his head on straight, and by all accounts he is still a 17yr old young man just loves playing on the field.
I don’t know if it is going to help the Nationals with Matt and Bryce plsying together, but it will be interesting. I like the kid and I think he’s going to do just fine in the bigs.
Bryce Harper on Sat, 5th Jun 2010 2:32 am
Hi Chuck,
Thank you for pointing out my mistake. I did edit it. Later on the in the post I did put the Nationals. Again, Thank you.