In light of the necessity to place Ryan Zimmerman on the 15-day disabled list with a bad shoulder, late Friday afternoon the Nationals decided to promote uber-prospect OF Bryce Harper to the major league roster. Unfortunately, this mildly surprising decision had less to do with the preparedness of Harper for big-league pitching, as he was batting .250/.333/.375 spanning 72 at-bats in Triple-A Syracuse, and far more to do with the lack of offensive production from the team thus far. Currently 24th in major league baseball with 71 total runs spanning 20 games, and with injuries to their two best hitters, Ryan Zimmerman and Mike Morse, the front office had little choice but to deviate from the original game plan and promote Harper earlier than anticipated. While I am sure the front office did not expect Harper on their roster at the end of April, the offensive production from left field where Harper will play has been a woeful .097/.207/.125, thereby forcing the team to promote him to Washington.
Clearly most Nationals fans are excited for Bryce Harper’s debut in a Washington uniform, but the real question is whether or not the team is doing the smartest thing by summoning him to the major leagues. From a business perspective, in spite of their offensive need, the Nationals sent Bryce to the minor leagues for 20+ days in order to delay his MLB service time an additional season and keep him under contract with Washington through 2018, rather than 2017 if they had made the choice to bring him directly to the big leagues out of spring training. Therefore, GM Mike Rizzo and the Nationals front office made a wise decision financially and for the future of the franchise.
Logically, the next question is if Harper is prepared to succeed on the field at the major league level. Many people asked me about Bryce Harper’s talents, and while I can discuss his tools and skills like other scouts, the best way I can describe him is, “imagine when you were a kid and you went to the local playground to play pickup basketball, and imagine the best player on that playground, you know the one, the kid that whichever team he was on always won… now imagine that kid is 5 years younger than everyone else on the court and that’s Bryce Harper”. Even though in the history of major league baseball there have only been a few hitters that were successful at 19 years of age (Mel Ott in 1928, Ty Cobb in 1906, Cesar Cedeno in 1970, and Tony Conigliaro in 1964) Harper is so advanced I will happily gamble on his enormous talents. While we should expect some growing pains and struggles as he adjusts to major league pitching, until Mike Morse returns from his injury, Bryce Harper is the Nationals best option in left field.
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True, in an ideal world Harper would receive another 250-400 at-bats in the minor leagues to refine his approach at the plate, improve against left-handed pitching, and learn to handle advanced breaking pitches, there is little debate that Harper is a drastic improvement offensively from Roger Bernadina, Xavier Nady, and Mark DeRosa currently playing left field. Therefore, while I am not a big fan of promoting a player unless they are completely ready, I have stopped questioning the development schedule of Bryce Harper and I think the Nationals are making the proper decision in bringing him to Washington. The future is now for this precocious youngster.
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