16 year old Baseball phenom

[bryguy]

Any of you guys see the ESPN 360 piece on the kid from Nevada? He can hit a baseball almost 600 ft. Seems to have his head screwed on pretty straight now, hope it last. Kid has crazy skills. Can play anywhere. Can throw a 96 mph fastball, throws runners out from his knees when catching, in other words, this kid is a freak. He has left High school to go to a JUCO, will probably spend a year there and will probably be drafted at 17, and get a 10 million signing bonus. Should be interesting to see this kid develop. I just hope he can stay clean and out of trouble.

[eclark53520]

Not only clean and out of trouble, but if he can stay healthy and uninjured will be huge as well.

[twogreen]

Wow! There's no telling how good that kid will be when he gets to the pros and starts on the right mix of steroids. :rolleyes:

[bryguy]

Kid's name is Bryce Harper. I really hope he can stay clean(in all aspects). His parents seem pretty down to earth, and he seems like he is focused on his goal. The way he can hit a baseball, he does not need to worry about steroids. His bat speed is better than almost all the guys playing in the bigs now.

[lildudejds]

His bat speed is over 100mph which is freakishly fast.

[wirehair]

Someone needs to give the kid a driver. 100mph bat speed would probably convert to something north of 140 for a driver.

[mddubya]

Someone needs to give the kid a driver. 100mph bat speed would probably convert to something north of 140 for a driver.

The exact same thing crossed my mind Wirehair, but then thought better of it.

I mean, think about it, if this kid takes up game, imagine how much that would skewer internet yardages!