Message #1131917

[Squab]

I’ll go record to say that whatever happens in the rookie of the year voting, Bryce Harper is going to win the National League MVP in 2013. The quick version goes something like this: The league overwhelmed Mike Trout at 19, and at 20 he is about to win the AL MVP over a slugger poised to claim the Triple Crown. Harper had his struggles, but for two long stretches he murdered the ball, played a premium defensive position at a high level and ran the bases like a freight train. What he has done at 19 has perhaps been unprecedented; what he could do at 20 is unthinkable.