bryce harper

HAGERSTOWN, Md. On the day Bryce Harper walked into the eye doctor's office, he was, he would say later, blind as a bat. Keith Smithson, the Washington Nationals' team optometrist, asked Harper to read an eye chart, then looked at. Ron Harper hands his son, Bryce Harper, his bat after he taped the handle for him before the May 11 game. Hagerstown Suns outfielder and Washington Nationals top prospect Bryce Harper signs autographs for fans prior to action against Delmarva in. Top overall Draft pick Bryce Harper might be the hot prospect right now, leaving another Bryce flattered to be mentioned in the same breath as the teenage phenom. Selected by the Boston Red Sox 36th overall in. Sure, Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper brought a lot of added attention to the Draft and the amateur game, but prognosticators could pretty much write in ink who the Washington Nationals would take in each of the past two Drafts.. Bryce Harper update: Bryce Harper has proven he is so over Single A, at least Low Single A baseball. Harper led the Hagerstown Suns last night with a 4 for 5 tonight, a grand slam home run, his 8 th of the season, and drove in 5 runs.. Nationals outfield prospect Bryce Harper is approaching a .400 BA at Low A Hagerston and we could see him promoted to High A within the next few weeks. Fangraph's Dave Cameron wrote about Harper. Bryce Harper, in what must have been an easy vote for whomever votes on these awards, won the South Atlantic League player of the week award, announced today. In six games, Harper went 12 for 24 with one home run, four doubles and five. When Bryce Harper began this year with seven hits in his first 31 at-bats, he shrugged it off. He knew he had plenty of time to ditch his slump, and he could draw on his recent history when beginning a new level for proof.. After a 4-5, 1 HR, 5 RBI performance today, Harper's season line is .396 AVG, 11 2B, 8 HR, 30 RBI. Harper is the top hitter in the league and should be in a league that will test him more. Machado and Harper may be among the youngest players on the. A walk was the anti-climactic result when Bryce Harper and Jameson Taillon, the first two picks in last year's draft, went head-to-head Wednesday -- especially after the fourth pitch of Taillon's career registered 100 mph on.