Author Topic: The Bryce Harper Watch (Read 216882 times)

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #1625 on:** June 14, 2011, 07:51:09 pm »

Out again tonight. Why?

Mr Clean · « **Reply #1626 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:30:18 am »

Good question.

GMUTrkstar · « **Reply #1627 on:** June 15, 2011, 12:31:29 pm »

This link says he's getting over some nagging injuries: http://harpermania.com/?p=140

Hopefully he's back tonight they need him to clinch this title

CALSGR8 · « **Reply #1628 on:** June 15, 2011, 02:42:03 pm »

He's in the home run Derby at the all-star game.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #1629 on:** June 15, 2011, 02:55:35 pm »

bkerr32 Byron Kerr
Bryce Harper jammed thumb. He is ok. Day to day. expected back today or tomm details at @masnsports #nationals

CALSGR8 · « **Reply #1630 on:** June 15, 2011, 06:16:20 pm »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on June 15, 2011, 02:55:35 pm

bkerr32 Byron Kerr
Bryce Harper jammed thumb. He is ok. Day to day. expected back today or tomm details at @masnsports #nationals

http://www.masnsports.com/byron_kerr/2011/06/nationals-top-prospect-bryce-harper-has-sore-thumb-listed-day-to-day.html

imref · « **Reply #1631 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:56:27 pm »

he sat out the 12 inning game tonight.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #1632 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:59:47 pm »

That 12 inning game was from yesterday. He played in the game afterwards.

1/4 with a Triple and 2 RBIs

imref · « **Reply #1633 on:** June 15, 2011, 10:01:10 pm »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on June 15, 2011, 09:59:47 pm

That 12 inning game was from yesterday. He played in the game afterwards.

1/4 with a Triple and 2 RBIs

ah thanks, was looking at the wrong day on the scoreboard. .250 average, he sucks.

tomterp · « **Reply #1634 on:** June 16, 2011, 12:33:36 pm »

Michael Jong, Baseball Prospectus:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14214

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Was Bryce Harper and his taunt to the pitcher overblown? It sure does not seem like it, and you wonder why when things like Alex Rodriguez walking across pitching mounds sets off a firestorm of debate. Googling “Bryce Harper blows kiss” yields 88,100 results for this past week. In comparison, Googling “Manny Acta Joe Girardi argue” nets just 12,000 results, which seems reasonable for a story that happened two days ago.

Was Bryce Harper wrong to do such a thing? Probably, but who is here to argue about the moral code of grown men playing an enjoyable kid's game for a living? Perhaps the real shame in all of this is not what we may or may not have learned about the maturity of Bryce Harper or the leash that the Washington Nationals have for him or whether the scouts were correct in assessing his bad temperament, but rather that this incident could overshadow what is otherwise an amazing season by Harper. He is currently hitting .341/.433/.607 as an 18-year-old in the Sally League. This sort of play is something about which all of us should be raving, just like we did when Stephen Strasburg tore up Double-A on his way to a big-league call-up at the end of last year. Harper may himself get a call-up in September of this season, and we may get a glimpse of what winning baseball in Washington may one day look like, and I hope that this little incident does not prevent what should be an enjoyable event.

Terpfan76 · « **Reply #1635 on:** June 18, 2011, 12:34:44 am »

6/17/11

2-3 with 2bb

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #1636 on:** June 19, 2011, 08:07:49 am »

http://natsnoodles.com/2011/06/19/what%E2%80%99s-the-nationals%E2%80%99-plan-for-bryce-harper/

I thought this blog post made some sense. Suggestion of an April 2013 promotion to the bigs for Harper if they're looking at service time/arbitration type issues.

If the guy is raking at AA this year and most of next year, I say bring him up late next year to help us overtake the Braves or whoever else we'll be fighting for the wild card spot. Hopefully by then we'll have traded LaRoche so we could move Morse back to 1B and let Harper come in at LF.

Smithian · « **Reply #1637 on:** June 19, 2011, 12:38:43 pm »

Move him to Potomac at least.

This low-A crap is getting embarrassing, even if the Suns are kicking ass.

Terpfan76 · « **Reply #1638 on:** June 19, 2011, 07:12:38 pm »

Harper has sat the past two games. Any news?

houston-nat · « **Reply #1639 on:** June 19, 2011, 07:16:11 pm »

Somebody tweeted that the Nats are just getting Harper some rest before the All-Star game.

imref · « **Reply #1640 on:** June 19, 2011, 08:07:45 pm »

Kilgore just reported the same. Lots of speculation that he'll gert promoted after the sally league all-star game, but will skip Potomac due to stadium/field conditions.

PatsNats28 · « **Reply #1641 on:** June 19, 2011, 08:26:38 pm »

So to Harrisburg then?

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #1642 on:** June 19, 2011, 08:28:25 pm »

Quote from: imref on June 19, 2011, 08:07:45 pm

Kilgore just reported the same. Lots of speculation that he'll gert promoted after the sally league all-star game, but will skip Potomac due to stadium/field conditions.

If it's so bad we can't send our best prospect there, then why do we field a team there at all?

PANatsFan · « **Reply #1643 on:** June 19, 2011, 08:30:34 pm »

Quote from: imref on June 19, 2011, 08:07:45 pm

Kilgore just reported the same. Lots of speculation that he'll gert promoted after the sally league all-star game, but will skip Potomac due to stadium/field conditions.

I thought that he had jammed a thumb . . .

CALSGR8 · « **Reply #1644 on:** June 19, 2011, 08:47:53 pm »

He did. I think he played in a few games but he's in the Home Run Derby as well as the ASG!

imref · « **Reply #1645 on:** June 19, 2011, 09:01:50 pm »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on June 19, 2011, 08:28:25 pm

If it's so bad we can't send our best prospect there, then why do we field a team there at all?

did you see Zuck's interview with Rizzo today? They have a "plan" to fix the field after this season. Sigh...

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #1646 on:** June 19, 2011, 09:17:51 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on June 19, 2011, 08:30:34 pm

I thought that he had jammed a thumb . . .

He already returned from that.

The Potomac thing is absurd. Get a new f'ing venue/location already.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #1647 on:** June 19, 2011, 11:28:08 pm »

Quote from: imref on June 19, 2011, 09:01:50 pm

did you see Zuck's interview with Rizzo today? They have a "plan" to fix the field after this season. Sigh...

It's not like they can just rip it up and fix it during the season. He also said if it wasn't safe, they wouldn't play there. It may need some work, but I don't think it's treacherous.

houston-nat · « **Reply #1648 on:** June 20, 2011, 04:39:28 am »

I think a sucky venue could build character for Harper. Just, "We're not pampering you. Look, this is where you have to play and don't complain."

welch · « **Reply #1649 on:** June 20, 2011, 07:05:26 am »

Send him to Harrisburg. Face tougher pitching. I'd still love to see him get a few weeks playing for the Nats in September