Bryce Harper is a BEAST!

[Rene88]

Just saying...he isn't going back down to the minors, that is for sure.

Edit: I posted this earlier. He was messing around taking hacks with some kids playing softball. I posted this to my FB page earlier today. Take a look, pretty funny because he whiffs at the first one(talk about screwing with your timing!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsvLx9EwCYw&feature=share

[OrangeJerseys]

Just saying...he isn't going back down to the minors, that is for sure.

Edit: I posted this earlier. He was messing around taking hacks with some kids playing softball. I posted this to my FB page earlier today. Take a look, pretty funny because he whiffs at the first one(talk about screwing with your timing!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsvLx9EwCYw&feature=share

If only he could step on first base.

[Can_of_corn]

Just saying...he isn't going back down to the minors, that is for sure.

Edit: I posted this earlier. He was messing around taking hacks with some kids playing softball. I posted this to my FB page earlier today. Take a look, pretty funny because he whiffs at the first one(talk about screwing with your timing!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsvLx9EwCYw&feature=share

It is far from a sure thing that he is here to stay. You are talking about someone that had a 724 OPS in AA last season and a 708 OPS in AAA this season. Yes he is young but he still has a lot to learn and it remains to be seen if he can learn it at the MLB level.

[BarclaySouthway]

Davey loves the kid. And he's gotta be worth something at the gate. He's gonna have to fail pretty miserably to get sent down IMO.

[bobmc]

Just saying...he isn't going back down to the minors, that is for sure.

Edit: I posted this earlier. He was messing around taking hacks with some kids playing softball. I posted this to my FB page earlier today. Take a look, pretty funny because he whiffs at the first one(talk about screwing with your timing!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsvLx9EwCYw&feature=share

Just like Say Hey Willie playing stickball with the kids in NYC! Love it!

[Stotle]

Harper is a beast. Unless the Nats make some arb-related moves, I think he's here to stay. And that's a very good thing for Washington and for baseball.

[quangr]

It is far from a sure thing that he is here to stay. You are talking about someone that had a 724 OPS in AA last season and a 708 OPS in AAA this season. Yes he is young but he still has a lot to learn and it remains to be seen if he can learn it at the MLB level.

Like him or not he is an incredible talent. I think he stays up for good and NL ROY

is possible. Minor league OPS was less than stellar but he seems to like MLB pitching with an OPS of 1.014.

He makes you want to catch all of his AB's.

[Can_of_corn]

Like him or not he is an incredible talent. I think he stays up for good and NL ROY

is possible. Minor league OPS was less than stellar but he seems to like MLB pitching with an OPS of 1.014.

He makes you want to catch all of his AB's.

Never did I deny he was dynamic.

I think his struggles at AA and AAA should make one hesitant to put too much faith in a handful of MLB games. They might keep him up, but if they are trying for a playoff spot and he is sporting a 680 OPS he is going back down.

[Todd-O]

If only he could step on first base.

I'm surprised we haven't heard how that was the "best missed bag play ever". LOL

[bdlj0887]

Hamels appeared to purposely hit Harper, then Harper took third easily on a single and swiped home on a pick-off attempt to first. Oops.

[Can_of_corn]

Hamels appeared to purposely hit Harper, then Harper took third easily on a single and swiped home on a pick-off attempt to first. Oops.

Old Hoss Radbourn ‏ @OldHossRadbourn

That's why you hit to injure, C. Hamels.

[Slappy]

I absolutely love the way the guy plays. He sprinted a lazy single into a double later in the game too.

[Moose Milligan]

Was annoyed then that we didn't lose enough to pick him #1 overall. Still annoyed now, especially since he's playing in my backyard.

I don't hate the Nats or anything, I'm happy to see them doing well and I love watching Harper play. Just wish he was ours.

[Stotle]

Clearly he should go back to AA and AAA and prove he can play there.

[quangr]

Clearly he should go back to AA and AAA and prove he can play there.

LOL!

I agree he's just not cutting it in the bigs.