Bryce Harper Goes to College

Yeah, no kidding.

This was hinted in the Sports Illustrated Cover Article that Mr. Harper, now the morning line favorite to be drafter #1 overall in the 2010 MLB draft, would get his GED and enter community college in order for him to be drafted sooner than 2011. Well this morning it has been reported in a few places, http://www.lvrj.com/sports/48018907.html, that he will be enrolling at the College of Southern Nevada for the upcoming year.

I honestly do not have a problem with this. He is an extremely talented individual who, at 16, is ready for more competitive baseball than what the High School level can provide him with.

Lets look at the facts. He is a 6 foot 3 inch CATCHER who hit .626 in his SOPHOMORE YEAR of High School, while hitting 14 home runs and stealing 36 bases. According to the legend of Bryce Harper, he has also hit a ball 570 feet IN THE AIR, though most people point to the 450 foot bomb he hit at a High School home run derby at Tropicana Field.

Matt Wieters who? Ok, so that is a stretch, and this kid might not pan out, but you have to admit, it is pretty exciting that someone who they say is more developed than A-Rod at the age of 16 is going to be playing pro ball in a year or so (if he decides to sign, which he should, because he is going to get more money than any 17 year old should be allowed to handle).