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Has any baseball prospect ever lived up to the hype as much as Bryce Harper?
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:00 pm
Rookie of the Year
7x All Star
2x MVP
He slowed down a little bit in his earlier time in Philadelphia, but came back to win an MVP in 2021 and was an all star in 2022. He’s perhaps on his way to leading the Phillies to the WS again this year. Just an incredible career for a guy who found himself on the cover of SI as a 16 year old.
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Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:02 pm to slackster
Excellent post. The answer is no. He is the LeBron, statistically speaking, of baseball, indubitably...
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:02 pm to slackster
It’s safe to say he’s second all time behind only
Lebron as far as living up to hype.
Lebron as far as living up to hype.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:02 pm to slackster
ARod
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:02 pm to slackster
Stephen Strasburg
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:03 pm to PillPusher
Tiger Woods is probably number 1
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:03 pm to slackster
I think he has. He has had a spotlight on him since a kid. Funny thing is just a few months ago I remember there being a thread on here about him not living up to the hype!
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:03 pm to slackster
ARod
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:04 pm to slackster
in his day being that NY was the entire world according to the media
The Mick
that man ran thru more pussy than a Chinese restaurant
The Mick
that man ran thru more pussy than a Chinese restaurant
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:07 pm to slackster
He’s been a focused overachieving star his entire career
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:09 pm to DBG
quote:
Tiger Woods is probably number 1
Yeah I’d say Tiger, then LeBron, but that’s splitting hairs by and large. Both have large contingents that believe they’re the GOAT in their respective sport.
Harper is a distance 3rd in an all-sports discussion.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:14 pm to slackster
For baseball, the only one I would say is A Rod. And Josh Hamilton for a few years.
In other sports, there are definitely more examples of guys who have massive hype and fulfill expectations.
Basketball has the highest hit rate.
In other sports, there are definitely more examples of guys who have massive hype and fulfill expectations.
Basketball has the highest hit rate.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:14 pm to Keys Open Doors
Ken Griffey Jr. would be up there, right?
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:16 pm to DBG
quote:lebron
Tiger Woods is probably number 1
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:19 pm to Keys Open Doors
quote:
For baseball, the only one I would say is A Rod. And Josh Hamilton for a few years.
A-Rod is the closest I can come up with, but the thing that puts Harper over the top in this instance is that we had heard about him since his sophomore year of high school because he was essentially the baseball version of Todd Marinovich... except Harper actually lived up to the hype.
Josh Hamilton was obviously a top prospect, but I think his story is more about redemption.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:21 pm to TexasTiger33
quote:Nobody is the Lebron of stats.
He is the LeBron, statistically speaking, of baseball, indubitably...
Maybe the hockey guy.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:21 pm to Paul Allen
quote:
Stephen Strasburg
The mainstream sports fan didn't know who he was until his last year at SDSU.
The mainstream sports fan knew who Harper was his sophomore year of high school, or if not then, they definitely knew him by his junior year when he was getting his GED so he could play JUCO for a year.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:26 pm to ReauxlTide222
McDavid is a good one
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:26 pm to slackster
For hockey, at least in more modern times Crosby and McDavid have delivered. Can't speak for the hype of guys like Gretzky or Lemieux as ways to follow them were far less back when they debuted.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:27 pm to ReauxlTide222
Yeah, how about Sidney Crosby
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