Author Topic: The Bryce Harper Watch  (Read 189374 times)

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Offline DPMOmaha

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Topic Start: October 22, 2009, 01:34:58 PM »
From Jim Callis's chat on ESPN:

Tim (Durban South Africa)

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Could Nationals go with Taillon or Ranaudo over Harper?

Jim Callis  (2:12 PM)
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Sure they could. I'll do a column on this at some point, but I don't think it's far-fetched to conceive of Bryce Harper falling out of the first round. It's going to be almost impossible to live up to the hype, and if he falls short and is looking for big money--is Strasburg's contract a starting point--he may scare off clubs, who know he can re-enter the 2011 and 2012 drafts and still have lots of leverage. It's also possible that after spending $15.1 million on Strasburg, the Nationals don't want to spend huge money on another No. 1 overall pick.

It's about a quarter of the way through the chat:
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/29011